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Analcime

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Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 8.5 × 7 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Weight: 
200.00gr
Description

A hand specimen of milky white analcime with a couple of red/pink adularia crystals near the edge of the display surface. Several of the larger analcime crystals are incomplete following extraction but most of the smaller crystals are undamaged and complete.

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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