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<h2 id="occurrence">Occurrence</h2> <p>It was first described in 1816 for an occurrence in the <a href="/facts/Cyclopean_Islands/xNam9CxQ">Cyclopean Islands</a> near <a href="/facts/Catania/v95XVux4">Catania</a>, <a href="/facts/Sicily/E6fug03z">Sicily</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> From the Greek <i>mesos</i>, "middle", as its composition lies between <a href="/facts/Natrolite/bbyoUPpa">natrolite</a> and <a href="/facts/Scolecite/xDyQc6Ku">scolecite</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Like other zeolites, mesolite occurs as void fillings in <a href="/facts/Amygdule/UoWMQ6Ma">amygdaloidal</a> <a href="/facts/Basalt/uhbwGPTb">basalt</a> also in <a href="/facts/Andesite/AMVbAGJ0">andesites</a> and <a href="/facts/Hydrothermal/hqwwksSm">hydrothermal</a> <a href="/facts/Vein_(geology)/TyETstxF">veins</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="images">Images</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051228023029/http://mineral.galleries.com/Minerals/silicate/mesolite/mesolite.htm">Mineral Galleries</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Mindat.org <a href="http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=2657&ld=1&pho=" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=2657&ld=1&pho=</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Handbook of Mineralogy <a href="http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/mesolite.pdf" target="_blank">http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/mesolite.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Webmineral data <a href="http://webmineral.com/data/Mesolite.shtml" target="_blank">http://webmineral.com/data/Mesolite.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Mindat.org <a href="http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=2657&ld=1&pho=" target="_blank">http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=2657&ld=1&pho=</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Webmineral data <a href="http://webmineral.com/data/Mesolite.shtml" target="_blank">http://webmineral.com/data/Mesolite.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Handbook of Mineralogy <a href="http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/mesolite.pdf" target="_blank">http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/mesolite.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>