Analcime Definition

ə-nălsēm
noun
A white or light-colored zeolite, NaAlSi2 O6 · H2 O, found in certain basalts.
American Heritage
A hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6H2O, commonly found in basalts.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

Origin of Analcime

  • French from Greek analkimos weak (from its weak electric power) an- not a–1 alkimos brave (from alkē strength)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Named in 1801 after the property of attaining weak electricity when heated or subjected to friction, from the Greek word meaning "weak", ἀνάλκιμος (analkimos).

    From Wiktionary

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