Clinoptilolite
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clinoptilolite-242-6951819
title:
Clinoptilolite
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Clinoptilolite is a natural zeolite composed of a microporous arrangement of silica and alumina tetrahedra. It has the complex formula (Na,K,Ca)2–3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36•12H2O. It forms as white, green to reddish tabular monoclinic tectosilicate crystals with a Mohs hardness of 3.5 to 4 and a specific gravity of 2.1 to 2.2. It commonly occurs as a devitrification product of volcanic glass shards in tuff and as vesicle fillings in basalts, andesites and rhyolites. It was described in 1969 from an occ
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Natural zeolite whose porous structure is made of a lattice of silica and alumina tetrahedra
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinoptilolite
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2024-01-03T21:55:22Z
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