analcime

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analcime

Etymology edit

Named in 1801 after the property of attaining weak electricity when heated or subjected to friction; from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλκιμος (análkimos, “weak”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈnæl.siːm/, /əˈnæl.saɪm/

Noun edit

analcime (countable and uncountable, plural analcimes)

(mineralogy) A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula Na Al Si₂O₆·H₂O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.

Synonyms edit

analcite

Translations edit

sodium mineral

Finnish: analsiimi, analsiitti
Polish: analcym (pl) m
Portuguese: analcima f, analcita f

References edit

^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons

Anagrams edit

calamine, camelina

[1] Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, Abraham Rosenzweig (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons

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