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Analcim (eng. + greece álkimos 'strong') is a colourless mineral, white or light-pink skalenoid with glassy shine; "hydrated alsilicon of soda" Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ...


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ANALCIME (Hydrated Sodium Aluminum Silicate) (368 words)
Also leucite is typically embedded in host rock where as analcime, when displaying good crystals and not massive or granular, is loose or attacted to other minerals in volcanic cavities.
Analcime is sometimes placed in the feldspathoid group since its chemistry and occassional occurrences are similar.
Analcime's structure however has a typical zeolite openness about it that allows large ions and molecules to reside and actually move around inside the overall framework.
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Analcime or analcite is one of a family of alumino-silicate minerals called zeolites.
Chemically and in crystal form and structure, analcime is closely related to leucite.
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