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Mineral Reference Lookup for analcidita

This reference page contains mineralogic data for analcidita and folklore and metaphysical beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name, the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of synonyms.

Minerals matching analcidita in the database: Analcidita

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analcidita

Mineral	Analcidita
Synonym	Analcime

Analcime (synonym)

Mineral	ANALCIME
Chemistry	NaAlSi 2 O 6 ·H 2 O
Color	Colourless white grey pink Greenish Yellowish
Luster	Vitreous
CrystalSystem	Triclinic
CrystalHabits	include the characteristic trapezohedron as wellas the rare cube modified by trapezohedral faces. Also granular and massive.
Cleavage	Poor/Indistinct Indistinct on the {100}
Fracture	absent.
Hardness	5 - 5½
Streak	White
Occurences	include Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec; Iceland;several localities in Oregon, Colorado and New Jersey, USA; Nova Scotiaand Switzerland.
Indicators	crystal habit, density, low hardness,luster and associations.
DensityNote	average
IMAStatus	Approved
OpticalType	Biaxial
RI	n α =1.479 - 1.493 n γ =1.480 - 1.494
Birefringence	δ=0.001
SurfaceRelief	Moderate
TypeLocality	Cyclopean Islands Catania Province Sicily Italy
Strunz	8/J.27-10 8 : Silicates J : Tectosilicates (network) without anions unfamiliar to the tetraheders 27 : Zeolite groupAnalcime - Paulingite series