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Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8 × 7 × 2.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Weight: 
185.00gr
Description

Dark basalt matrix partially encloses one continuous vug lined with white and clear analcime.  The analcime is bright and undamaged, the specimen is quite large for this location.  

 

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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