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Analcime

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Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.8 × 3.5 cm
Weight: 
120.00gr
Description

Nice specimen of lustrous dodecahedral analcime crystals on a microcline matrix, associated with albite, siderite, sabinaite and aegirine.  This is a typical 1998 pseudomorph specimen where one may find petarasite/ramikite-(Y) microcrystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Analcime

Formula: 
Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O
Strunz: 
9.GB.05
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Cyclopean Islands, Acitrezza (Aci Trezza), Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

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