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Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Maxwell Quarries, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
11 × 6 × 6 cm
Description

Reflective, translucent analcime crystals up to 0.8cm across cover most of the display face of this basalt matrix.

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
Peter Crozier Minerals