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The crystal structure of two clinoptilolites

Die Kristallstruktur von zwei Klinoptilolithen

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Clinoptilolite is a zeolite of the heulandite group which differs chemically from typical heulandite by virtue of its higher Si/Al ratio, higher alkali content and heat resistance up to 700°C. Refinement of two clinoptilolites shows that the mineral has the same framework as heulandite but exhibits a new cation site at the origin of the unit cell and a different coordination of another cation which is sevenfold-coordinated in heulandite but sixfold-coordinated in clinoptilolite. Comparison of the results of the two refinements and of the corresponding chemical analyses suggests that the difference in the disposition of cations and water molecules may essentially be due to different chemistry as the frameworks are always the same. It is probable that potassium preferably occupies only one of the three cation sites, thus influencing the thermal stability.

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Klinoptilolith ist ein Zeolith der Heulandit-Gruppe, der sich vom typischen Heulandit chemisch durch sein höheres Si/Al-Verhältnis und seinen höheren Alkalien-Gehalt, und thermisch durch seine Beständigkeit bis 700°C unterscheidet. Die Verfeinerung von zwei Proben von Klinoptilolith zeigt, daß dieses Mineral dasselbe Gerüst wie Heulandit hat, daß eine neue Kationenstelle am Zellursprung anwesend ist, und daß ein anderes Kation, das im Heulandit 7-koordiniert ist, eine 6-Koordination hat. Ein Vergleich der Resultate der zwei Verfeinerungen und der zwei entsprechenden chemischen Analysen zeigt, daß der Unterschied in der Kation- und Wassermolekül-Verteilung hauptsächlich nur auf die chemischen Unterschiede zurückzuführen ist, da die Gerüste praktisch unverändert bleiben. Es ist wahrscheinlich, daß die Kaliumatome nur in einer Kationenstelle sitzen und auf diese Weise die thermische Beständigkeit beeinflussen.

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Alberti, A. The crystal structure of two clinoptilolites. TMPM Tschermaks Petr. Mitt. 22, 25–37 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081301

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