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== Locations == Well known locations for sourcing analcime include [[Croft, Leicestershire#Industry and Business|Croft Quarry]] in [[Leicestershire]], UK; the [[Cyclopean Islands]] east off [[Sicily]] and near Trentino in northern Italy; [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in Australia; [[Kerguelen Island]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]; in the [[Lake Superior]] copper district of [[Michigan]], Bergen Hill, [[New Jersey]], [[Golden, Colorado]], and at [[Searles Lake]], California in the United States; and at Cape Blomidon, [[Nova Scotia]] and Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last1=Normand |first1=Charles |last2=Tarassoff |first2=Peter |title=Mineralogy and geology of the Poudrette quarry, Mont SaintHilaire, Quebec |date=2006 |publisher=Mineralogical Association of Canada |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/redpath/files/redpath/guidebook_4a_final2.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.mcgill.ca/redpath/files/redpath/guidebook_4a_final2.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref> in Canada; and in [[Iceland]], and in [[Namibia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prothero |first1=Donald R. |last2=Schwab |first2=Fred |title=Sedimentary geology : an introduction to sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy |date=2004 |publisher=W.H. Freeman |location=New York |isbn=0716739054 |page=124 |edition=2nd}}</ref> Siberian samples from [[Nidym]] and [[Toura]] provide us with white crystals of 18 cm. Samples of the Cyclopean Islands are known for their beautiful and clear crystals, just like the crystals of [[Kings Valley, Oregon|Kings Valley]] and [[Springfield, Oregon|Springfield]] in Oregon, which can reach up to 6 cm. [[Coleman (Canada)|Coleman]], [[Alberta]] in Canada is known for producing beautiful red crystals.<ref name=":2" />
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