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Calcite & Analcime

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Calcite & Analcime

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.90cm
Weight: 
38.00gr
Description

Black basalt matrix with vugs lined analcime and orange calcite, the larger calcite is twinned. The calcite is also fluorescent, bright yellow under SW UV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcite

Polymorph of: 
Formula: 
CaCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White

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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