• Prehnite

    Origin

    Named in 1789 after Hendrik Von Prehn (1733-1785),

    Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

    Dutch colonial governor. This was the first mineral to be named after a person.

    Noun

    prehnite

    1. (mineralogy) A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalagtitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca
    2Al2Si3O10(OH)2.
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