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Analcime On Petrified Wood

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Analcime On Petrified Wood

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Description
Locality: 
Duingen Clay Pit, Alfeld, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 1.5 cm
Description

Lustrous transparent analcime crystals on petrified wood 

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