Prehnite Natural 8X10mm Freeform Cut - 15-16 Inch Size_20mm ” the Latin word for

” the Latin word for copper

It can be colorless

It is found in the Bilk Mountain range near Denio

A Manganese inosilicate (or chain silicate)

Prehnite Natural 8X10mm Freeform Cut - 15-16 Inch Size_20mm ” the Latin word forPrehnite was the first mineral to be named after a person: its discoverer, Dutch Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn. Von Prehn discovered the stone in South Africa in 1774. Prehnite is translucent to transparent, in colors from light green to yellow green to olive, with occasional inclusions of Black Tourmaline that crisscross the stone in fibrous patterns. It is a phyllosilicate composed of silicon, calcium and aluminum with trace amounts of iron.