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Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Tura, Nizhnyaya Tunguska River, Evenkia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 4.3 × 3.1 cm
Weight: 
53.00gr
Description

Very rare analcime locality specimen featuring an aggregate of well-developed trapezohedral crystal of analcime. No damages, the rear shows the contact to the matrix.

Acquired in 2007 to Baaijens by Wilfred Moorer (1945-2015), #3954.

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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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