Definitions For Analcime

Noun

ANALCIME (uncountable) (mineral) A mineral, a sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula sodium, naaluminum, alsilicon, si2oxygen, o6·water, h2o, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.

Synonyms

analcite

Translations

Finnish: analsiimi, analsiitti Portuguese: analcima, f, analcita, f

Etymology

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).

Anagrams

calamine, camelina