prehnite

English

Prehnite

Etymology

Named after Dutch colonial governor of Cape of Good Hope Hendrik van Prehn in 1788, Dutch colonial governor. This was the first mineral to be named after a person.

Noun

prehnite (countable and uncountable, plural prehnites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂.

Translations

mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葡萄石 (zh) (pútáoshí)

• Finnish: prehniitti
• Japanese: 葡萄石 (ぶどうせき, budōseki)
• Macedonian: пренит m (prenit)
• Spanish: prehnita f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Prehnite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “prehnite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• nephrite, repineth, ripeneth, trephine