Prehnite casts after Anhydrite with “Phacolite” twinned Chabazite & Pumpellyite Spodumene Specimen #SPINEL111910

Specimen #SPINEL111910

highly lustrous faces and textbook octahedral form flaring out of sold white marble matrix

orange-pink

in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Prehnite casts after Anhydrite with “Phacolite” twinned Chabazite & Pumpellyite Spodumene Specimen #SPINEL111910Several lustrous, gemmy, light green color spherical aggregates of Prehnite which have replaced preexisting Anhydrite. There is a slight coating on the Prehnite but does not necessarily detract from the overall quality of the piece. The underside of the piece features white, micro Phacolite twins of Chabazite along with greenish brown aggregates of Pumpellyite. I have photographed these micro crystals under the microscope to better illustrate their