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Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
16.5 × 12.5 × 11 cm
Description

This is a very large and attractive analcime specimen - collected 1973.

Lustrous and gemmy white analcime crystlas in several large vugs of the matrix.

Beautiful specimen from Hartmann collection.

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