The crystal structure of gottardiite, a new natural zeolite

• Main Authors: A. Alberti, S. Quartieri, VEZZALINI, Maria Giovanna, GALLI, Ermanno
• Other Authors: A., Alberti, Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna, Galli, Ermanno, S., Quartieri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Gottardiite; new zeolite; Antarctica; structure; NU-87; Adamson; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11380/736689

Gottardiite is a new high-silica zeolite found in the Jurassic dolerites of Mt. Adamson (Victoria Land, Antarctica). Its unit-cell content is: Na2.5K0.2Mg3.1Ca4.9Al18.8Si117.2O272·93 H2O. The mineral is orthorhombic with a = 13.698(2), b = 25.213(3), c = 22.660(2) Å, topol. symmetry Fmmm and real s...