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) |