Prasiolite (original) (raw)

About PrasioliteHide

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A green transparent variety of macrocrystalline quartz. Compare with prase and plasma.
Most prasiolite is artificially produced by heating amethyst or irradiating colourless quartz. Many authors had doubts that prasiolite is a natural quartz variety, but there is an increasing number of reports of natural occurrences. See http://www.quartzpage.de/prasiolite.html

Not to be confused with prasolite!

Unique IdentifiersHide

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Mindat ID:

40112 (as Prasiolite)
3337 (as Quartz)

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:40112:6 (as Prasiolite)
mindat:1:1:3337:0 (as Quartz)

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Pronunciation of PrasioliteHide

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Physical Properties of PrasioliteHide

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Transparency:

Transparent, Translucent

Comment:

At least some prasiolite is dichroic (blue-green / olive-green)

Chemistry of PrasioliteHide

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Element Weights:

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Other Language Names for PrasioliteHide

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Common AssociatesHide

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Other InformationHide

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Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for PrasioliteHide

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References for PrasioliteHide

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Localities for PrasioliteHide

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Showing 10 localities.

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.