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Gmelinite & Analcime

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Gmelinite & Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Avdellero, Larnaca District, Cyprus
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.8 × 4.9 × 2.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.80cm
Description

Calcite cavity in rock lined with analcime and cream colored gmelinite crystals.The gmelinite crystals show zonar structure and are of very good quality for species and location. Collected in 2000.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gmelinite

Synonym Of: 

Gmelinite-Ca

Formula: 
(Ca,Na2)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5

Gmelinite-K

Formula: 
(K2,Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5

Gmelinite-Na

Formula: 
(Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O
Strunz: 
9.GD.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Group Parent: 
Zeolite Group

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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