LARGE PHRENITE STONE

THIS LARGE PENDANT SIZED STONE WAS MINED IN WEST AUSTRALIA

NATURAL

TRANSULANT

INTERESTING INCLUSIONS

WELL POLISHED

WEIGHT 35.22 CTS APP

SIZE 30 x 20 x 6MM APP

Phrenite is a pretty yellow green stone and found in Australia, South Africa, Germany, and the United States. Gemstone Lore: Phrenite is known as a Love, Protection, Power, and Healing stone. Many believe that it helps in remembering your dreams.

Thisis anatural Prehnite Gemstone . Prehnite is seldom cut because 99%  of the crystals found are opaque in clarity and not clear enough to cut. Prehnite is a very elusive gem that is highly coveted by collectors world wide! This stone is incredible as it displays translucent clarity .

Color is usually a pale green to a yellowish grass green, also gray, white or colorless.

Luster is vitreous to waxy or pearly. Transparency: Crystals are transparent to mostly translucent. Crystal System is orthorhombic; 2 m m. Crystal Habits include nodular, concretionary,  radial, encrusting and stalactitic formations among other similar types.  Tabular or pyramidal individual crystals are rare but some nodular specimens show tabular crystal protrusions. Epimorphs (crystal growth over the surface of another mineral) over laumontite are usual, but available (see above). Cleavage is good in one direction (pinacoidal). Fracture is uneven.