Prehnite Ring, online Handmade Ring, Gemstone Ring, Statement Ring, 925 Silver Ring, Boho Ring, Natural Prehnite, Women Ring, Gift For Her

Prehnite Ring, Handmade Ring, Gemstone Ring, Statement Ring, 925 Silver Ring, Boho Ring, Natural Prehnite, Women Ring, Gift For Her

Prehnite Ring, Handmade Ring, Natural Gemstone, Engagement Ring, Peridot Ring, 925 Solid Sterling Silver Ring Jewelry, Boho Ring FSJ-4715
Genuine Green Prehnite Gemstone Ring, 925 Sterling Silver Jewelry FSJ-4715


Length--28 MM
Width--17 MM
Height--8 MM
Weight -- 11.7 Grams


Handmade Jewellery
925 Solid Sterling Silver

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A Dutch colonel, H. Von Prehn, is credited with discovering Prehnite in 1774 at the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. Early traders nicknamed the gemstone Cape Emerald in hopes of exploiting its green color. Prehnite was originally classified as a Zeolite, due to the fact that it usually forms in the same areas and under similar conditions as the zeolite. Today geologist place it in the phyllosilicate category which also includes apophyllite.

Prehnite is a fairly strong crystal, quite resistant to pressures and scratching. It is composed of aluminum, calcium and silicon with a few specimens containing small trace of iron as well. It is considered a secondary or second stage mineral, meaning that the crystal did not form during the initial volcanic activity, but instead the crystals online were form by events caused by the volcano, much after the fact.

Initially Prehnite was rare, South Africa being the only known location for many, many years. Eventually pockets of the stone were found throughout the world, including the US, Canada, Austria, Germany, France and India.


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