PECTOLITE NaCa2Si3O8OH (triclinic) As aggregates of needlelike crystals,usually radiating and forming globular masses. South Africa . 本礦常以針狀晶体集結為球狀塊狀，硬度 4.5~5，白色絲狀或玻璃光澤， 形成於玄武岩或蛇紋岩的裂縫中，常與沸石礦物共生．有一變種 "Lorimar". 天藍色似土耳其玉，產於 Bahamas and Dominican Republic ．可作為半寶石飾物．
礦名來源：From the Greek pektos - "compacted" and lithos - "stone."

著名產地∼Lake Co., California and Paterson and Franklin, New Jersey, USA; Bahamas, Dominican Republic; Italy and England.

經典名礦欣賞 ．２．３．４．５．６．７．８．９
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