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Herschelite (Chabazite-Na) - Rupe di Aci Castello - Aci Castello - Etna Volcanic Complex - Catania prov. - Sicily - Italy (TL)
(#:MINS7989)
Whitish semitransparent crystals of Herschelite, that IMA renamed as chabazite-Na set on matrix from the type locality.
Ex Francesco Bedognè coll
Formula :
(Na
2
,Ca,K
2
)[Al
2
Si
4
O
12
] * 6 H
2
O
System:
triclinic
Hardness:
4-5
Rarity:
rare
Strunz id:VIII/J.26-20 - SILICATES
Name origin:
Named in 1788 by Louis-Augustin Bosc d Antic from the Greek chabazios, tune or melody, one of twenty stones named in the poem Peri lithos, which extolled the virtues of minerals. The poem is ascribed to Orpheus, legendary founder of the Orphic cult, which flourished in Greece in the early centuries. and its chemical composition.
Specimen weight:49 gr.
Crystal size:6-7 mm
Overall size: 45mm x 39 mm x 38 mm
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