• Analcime

    Origin

    Named in 1801 after the property of attaining weak electricity when heated or subjected to friction, from the Greek word meaning "weak",

    Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

    ἀνάλκιμος (analkimos).

    Full definition of analcime

    Noun

    analcime

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

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