DESCRIPTION
This completely natural gemstone can be found in many locations across the world. Prehnite is an attractive transparent stone usually green in colour with a vitreous lustre and intense inner glow.
It was discovered in South Africa by an early Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope colony, Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn, and in keeping with traditional gem naming convention, it was named after him.
Since discovered it has been found in many locations, from Australia to Namibia, from Switzerland to Scotland and even fond in Antarctica.