HPJ REFERENCE POINT: WORLD RARE 9.73 CT TANZANIAN PREHNITE R18,000
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EXTREMELY RARE (AND THEN SOME) 9.73 CARAT TANZANIAN PREHNITE CABOCHON.
Another ultra rare collectors gem from HPJ !
Phehnite is a translucent to transparent gem-quality hydrated calcium aluminum silicate. It was the first mineral to be named after an individual, and it was also the first mineral to be described from South Africa, long before South Africa became one of the most important sources for precious and semi precious gemstones.
It was first described in 1788 after it was discovered in the Karoo dolerites of Cradock, South Africa. Prehnite was later named after its discoverer, Colonel Hendrik von Prehn (1733-1785), a Dutch mineralogist and an early governor of the Cape of Good Hope colony.
Africa contains many outstanding sources of Prehnite. The most extensive and exploited are in the Kayes Region of Mali, where the Prehnite can be found in perfect thick and translucent formations associated with sharp dark Epidote.
A highly transparent Prehnite form comes from the Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania, where this stunning specimen was mined.
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