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Analcime

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Description
Locality: 
Ben Lomond, Clarke County, New South Wales, Australia
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 10.5 × 5.4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.20cm
Description

Collected in the railway cutting near Ben Lomond comes a cabinet specimen covered with offwhite translucent analcime crystals to 2.2 cm. This specimen was collected in the early 1980's, when security was not as strict around railway lines.

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
Earthstones Australia

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