Wairakite

Wairakite is a zeolite mineral with an analcime structure but containing a calcium ion.

It is named for the location of its discovery in Wairakei, North Island, New Zealand, by Czechoslovakian mineralogist Alfred Steiner in 1955.

[4][5] The first finds were in hydrothermally altered rhyolitic tuffs, ignimbrites and volcaniclastic rocks.

[5] The mineral has since been found in metamorphic rocks and in geothermal areas.

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