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Gmelinite
Chemical
Formula
Na4(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O[1]
Species
Silicates
Crystal
System
Hexagonal
Mohs
Scale
4.5
Specific
Gravity
2.04-2.17
Color
Colorless, white, yellow, orange, pale green, pink, red, brown and grey
Streak
White
Luster
Dull to vitreous
Refractive
Index
nω = 1.476 - 1.494, nε = 1.474 - 1.480[2]
Diaphaneity
Transparent, translucent or opaque
Cleavage
Good on
Fracture
Conchoidal
Crystal Habit:Hexagonal plates, or short prisms, showing hexagonal dipyramids, pyramids and basal pinacoid. {1010}, {1011} and {0001} dominant. May also be tabular or rhombohedral. Crystals are striated parallel to (0001)
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