prehnite

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Prehnite

Etymology

Named after Dutch colonial governor of Cape of Good Hope Hendrik van Prehn in 1789,[1] Dutch colonial governor. This was the first mineral to be named after a person.

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prehnite (countable and uncountable, plural prehnites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Prehnite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • prehnite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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