APPLICATIONS: | Mineral specimen and chemical filter. |
ASSOCIATED MINERALS: | Quartz, calcite, serandite, apophyllite, natrolite, stilbite, heulandite and other zeolites. |
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: | Cancer. |
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE: | NaAlSi2O6-H2O, Hydrated Sodium Aluminum Silicate. |
CLASS: | Silicates. |
CLEAVAGE: | Absent. |
COLOR: | Clear, white or gray, with greenish, yellowish and reddish tints possible. |
CRYSTAL HABITS: | Include the characteristic of trapezohedron as well as the rare cube modified by trapezohedral faces. Also granular and massive. |
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: | Isometric, 4/m bar 3 2/m. |
FIELD INDICATORS: | Crystal habit, density, low hardness, luster and associations. |
FRACTURE: | Uneven. |
GEOGRAPHY: | Mount St. Hilaire, Quebec; Iceland; several localities in Oregon, Colorado and New Jersey, USA; Nova Scotia and Switzerland. |
GROUP: | Zeolites. |
HARDNESS: | 5 - 5.5. |
LUSTER: | Vitreous. |
METAPHYSICAL: | This mineral helps towards mental clarity and stimulates and clears the heart chakra. It allows maintenance of individuality and creativity. In the realm of change and transformation it assists in mental emotional and physical states. It brings harmony to group activities and enhances all aspects of teamwork. When analcime is present in rubies it is useful for physical vitality, communication skills and strength in all endeavors. Analcime dispels weakness in all bodies and produces an energy conducive to stabilization rather than activation. |
PHYSICAL: | It can be use for water retention, diabetes, pancreatic secretory functions and providing strength to atrophied muscular structures.. |
TRANSPARENCY: | Transparent to translucent. |
SPECIFIC GRAVITY: | 3.2. |
STREAK: | White. |
SUBCLASS: | Tectosilicates. |
VIBRATES: | To the number 4. |
