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Mineralogical characterization of paulingite from Vinarická Hora, Czech Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

C. L. Lengauer ,
G. Giester  and
E. Tillmanns
C. L. Lengauer
Affiliation:
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Universität Wien - Geozentrum, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
G. Giester
Affiliation:
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Universität Wien - Geozentrum, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
E. Tillmanns
Affiliation:
Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie, Universität Wien - Geozentrum, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Wien, Austria
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Abstract

A sample of the zeolite paulingite from the locality Vinarická Hora was investigated by means of chemical, thermal, powder and single crystal X-ray methods. The fully transparent, colourless to pale yellow crystals exhibit the form {110} and occur together with phillipsite. The chemical composition is (Ca2.57K2.28Ba1.39Na0.38)(Al11.55Si30.59O84)·27H2O, Z = 16 with minor amounts of Mg (<0.05), Sr (<0.13), Mn (<0.01), and Fe (<0.04). The chemical differences from previously described paulingites are a high Ba-content, a lower Si/(Al+Fe) ratio of 2.64, and a reduced water-content. The calculated density is 2.098 g cm−3, and the observed refractive index is 1.482(2). The dehydration behaviour is characterized by a main weight loss from 24–190°C (−11.2 wt.%, ≅ 21H2O) and a minor weight loss from 190–390°C (−3.1 wt.%, ≅ 6H2O). The rehydration capability was proven up to 150°C. The dehydration process during the main weight loss is accompanied by a reduction of the cell volume of 11%. The refined lattice parameters of the X-ray powder data are a a = 35.1231 (5) Å and a = 33.7485(8) Å of an untreated and a dehydrated sample, respectively. A breakdown of the paulingite structure can be observed while the remaining water content decomposes. The single crystal X-ray refinement of this chemically different sample material derived three main cation positions, which are inside a so called paulingite or π-cage (Ca), between 8-rings of neighbouring π-cages (Ba), and in the centre of the non-planar 8-rings of the γ-cage (K). Further partially occupied cation positions (Ca,Na) were located in the planar 8-rings of the α- and γ-cages. No positions within the double 8-membered rings were detected. The water is localized around the main cation positions and in three clusters of partially occupied sites.

Keywords

paulingitezeolitestructure refinementVinarická HoraCzech Republic
Type
Mineralogy
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 61 , Issue 407 , August 1997 , pp. 591 - 606
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1997

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