Gottardiite, a new high-silica zeolite from Antarctica: the natural counterpart of synthetic NU-87

• Main Authors: GALLI, Ermanno, S. Quartieri, VEZZALINI, Maria Giovanna, A. Alberti
• Other Authors: Galli, Ermanno, S., Quartieri, Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna, A., Alberti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Gottardiite; new zeolite; Antarctica; Adamson; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11380/736688

Gottardiite was discovered in the Jurassic Ferrar dolerites of Mt. Adamson (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica). The new zeolite occurs as subparallel aggregates of transparent pseudo-hexagonal lamellae. The mineral is orthorhombic, space group Cmca, with a=13.698(2), b=25.213(3), and c=22.660(2) Å...