analcime
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English
Etymology
Named in 1801 after the property of attaining weak electricity when heated or subjected to friction; from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλκιμος (análkimos, “weak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
analcime (countable and uncountable, plural analcimes)
- (mineralogy) A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi2O6·H2O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.
Synonyms
Translations
sodium mineral
References
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Analcime”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “analcime”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.