Min. [mod. f. (Fr. analcime, Ger. analzim) Gr. ἀν priv. + ἄλκιμ-ος strong, given by Haüy ‘in allusion to its weak electric power.’ For this Dana substitutes the more analogous form analcite, f. Gr. ἀναλκής weak + -ITE.] A mineral belonging to Dana’s Zeolite section of Hydrous Silicates, consisting mainly of silica, alumina, and soda, usually with lime and potash, occurring in trap rocks.
1803. Edin. Rev., III. 50. Many mineralogists … will be … amazed to find zeolite subdivided into mesotype, stillbite, analcime and chabasite.
1831. Brewster, Optics, xvii. 155. In analcime there are several planes, along which if the refracted ray passes, it will not suffer double refraction.
1868. Dana, Min., 432. Analcite … gelatinizes with muriatic acid.
