analcime

English

Etymology

Named in 1801 after the property of attaining weak electricity when heated or subjected to friction, from the Greek word meaning "weak",[1] ἀνάλκιμος (analkimos).

Noun

analcime (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral, a sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi2O6·H2O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.

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Further reading
  • “Analcime” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “analcime”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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