Quartz-after-Apophyllite with Epidote, Prehnite
specimen number:
8811107
location:
Baga diggings, near Bindougou, Kayes, Mali
description:
Quite interesting specimen showing crystals of what were once apophyllite measuring to 1.0 cm in size, these now replaced by colorless quartz, and scattered across the top of an epidote crystal matrix. Minor prehnite present as well.
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