Emily Dickinson Lexicon

A-NAL'CIM, or A-NAL'CIME, n.

Cubic zeolite, found in aggregated cubic crystals. – Ure. This mineral is generally crystalized, but is also found amorphous, and in reniform, mammillary, laminated or radiated masses. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; hence its name, Gr. αναλκις, weak. – Cleaveland.