About Natrolite
A common zeolite mineral, often forming colorless to white slender prismatic or radiating acicular ('needle stone') crystals. It's a high-vibration stone of purification, spiritual ascension, and enhancing intuition.
Primary Hues
Colorless, White, Grey, Yellowish, Pinkish, Greenish, Reddish, forms slender prismatic or acicular crystals
Geological & Scientific Details
Natrolite is classified as a tectosilicate minerals, zeolite group, natrolite subgroup mineral which typically crystallizes in the orthorhombic system. Its chemical formula is Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O. Common crystal habits include acicular.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Tectosilicate minerals, zeolite group, natrolite subgroup
- Chemical Formula: Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
- IMA Symbol: Ntr[1]
- Crystal System: Orthorhombic
- Formula Mass (g/mol): 380.22 g/mol
- Predominant Geological Color: White, colorless, sometimes pink
- Crystal Habit: Acicular
- Twinning: On {110}, {011}, {031}
- Cleavage: Perfect on {110}
- Luster: Vitreous, silky, pearly
- Streak: White
- Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent