Abstract
Euhedral, phenocryst-like crystals of analcime, as well as microlites, are rather common in phonolitic and tephritic lavas and in some anaicitic dikes and lenses of the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary volcanics of eastern Azerbaijan (Iran). The mineralogy and petrology of these extrusive rocks are described with the aim of establishing the origin of the big analcime crystals. While the mineralogical data (e.g. true symmetry, Al/Si disorder and Na atom distribution, structural refinements) are not conclusive, the paragenesis and microprobe analyses of analcime and associated phases, mainly feldspars, lead us to believe they are of a secondary, metasomatic origin. It is suggested that during late or post-magmatic stages analcime may have originated either from ion-exchanged leucite or by alteration or interaction between pre-existing Na-rich phases such as nepheline, feldspars and glass at subsolidus temperatures.
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