Pollucite

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Pollucite is a mineral, one of the Zeolite group pf minerals. Formula (CsNa)₂Al₂Si₄O₁₂2H₂O. It is important as a significant ore of Caesium and sometimes Rubidium which may also occur in some specimens.

Discovered in 1846 in Elba and Italy, it is named for Pollux, the twin of Castor on the grounds that it is often found associated with Castorite or Petalite.

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Categories: Sodium minerals | Aluminium minerals | Silicate minerals | Zeolites