Hauyne is a mineral belonging to the sodalite group. The name was assigned in 1807 by the Danish mineralogist Tönnes Christian Bruun-Neergaard in honor of the French mineralogist René Just Haüy. Already in 1803 it was described by Carlo Giuseppe Gismondi, who found it near Lake Nemi (Lazio), without however officially publishing his discovery, and indicated it with the name of latialite The color varies from blue to blue to green and to red.
Dimensions
Height (cm): 10.4
Depth (cm): 6.3
Width (cm): 10
Weight (g): 980
Property
Chemical Formula: (Na, Ca) 4-8Al6Si6 (O, S) 24 (SO4, Cl) 1-2
Mohs scale: 5.5-6
Relative density: 2.4-2.5
Crystalline System: Cubic
