sábado, 3 de julio de 2010

These are the members of the Zeolite Group



The Analcime Family:
  • Analcime (Hydrated Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
  • Pollucite (Hydrated Cesium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
  • Wairakite (Hydrated Calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
• Bellbergite (Hydrated Potassium Barium Strontium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
• Bikitaite (Hydrated Lithium Aluminum Silicate)
• Boggsite (Hydrated calcium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
• Brewsterite (Hydrated Strontium Barium Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• The Chabazite Family:
  • o Chabazite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Willhendersonite (Hydrated Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Cowlesite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Dachiardite (Hydrated calcium Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
• Edingtonite (Hydrated Barium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Epistilbite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Erionite (Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Faujasite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Magnesium Aluminum Silicate)
• Ferrierite (Hydrated Sodium Potassium Magnesium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• The Gismondine Family:
  • o Amicite (Hydrated Potassium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Garronite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Gismondine (Hydrated Barium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Gobbinsite (Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Gmelinite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Gonnardite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Goosecreekite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• The Harmotome Family:
  • o Harmotome (Hydrated Barium Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Phillipsite (Hydrated Potassium Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Wellsite (Hydrated Barium Calcium Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
• The Heulandite Family:
  • o Clinoptilolite (Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Heulandite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Laumontite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Levyne (Hydrated Calcium Sodium Potassium Aluminum Silicate)
• Mazzite (Hydrated Potassium Sodium Magnesium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Merlinoite (Hydrated Potassium Sodium Calcium Barium Aluminum Silicate)
• Montesommaite (Hydrated Potassium Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
• Mordenite (Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• The Natrolite Family:
  • o Mesolite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Natrolite (Hydrated Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Scolecite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Offretite (Hydrated Calcium Potassium Magnesium Aluminum Silicate)
• Paranatrolite (Hydrated Sodium Aluminum Silicate)
• Paulingite (Hydrated Potassium Calcium Sodium Barium Aluminum Silicate)
• Perlialite (Hydrated Potassium Sodium Calcium Strontium Aluminum Silicate)
• The Stilbite Family:
  • o Barrerite (Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Stilbite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
  • o Stellerite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Thomsonite (Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Tschernichite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)
• Yugawaralite (Hydrated Calcium Aluminum Silicate)

Zeolites have many "cousins" or minerals that have similar cage-like framework structures or have similar properties and/or are associated with zeolites; but are not zeolites, at least as defined mineralogically. These include the phosphates: kehoeite, pahasapaite and tiptopite; and the silicates: hsianghualite, lovdarite, viseite, partheite, prehnite, roggianite, apophyllite, gyrolite, maricopaite, okenite, tacharanite and tobermorite. It is interesting to compare these minerals to the zeolites.

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