Mineralpedia Details for Amicite
Amicite
- Formula
- K2Na2(Si4Al4)O16·5H2O
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Cleavage
- None, None, None
- Luster
- Vitreous (Glassy)
- Color
- colorless
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Sphenoidal
- Hardness
- 5-5.5
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Amicite from Kirovskii mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt., Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
Superb, colorless sphenoidal monoclinic crystals to 2mm. Excellent specimen of this very rare zeolite.
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