HEU
Framework Type HEU
Type Material
 Material Name: Heulandite
 Chemical Formula:|Ca2+4 (H2O)24| [Al8Si28 O72]-HEU
 Unit Cell:  
  monoclinicCm (# 8)
  a = 17.718Åb = 17.897Åc = 7.428Å
  α = 90.0 °β = 116.42 °γ = 90.0 °
 Framework density: 17.1 T/1000 Å3
 Channels: {[001] 10 3.1 x 7.5* + 8 3.6 x 4.6*} <-> [100] 8 2.8x 4.7* (variable due to considerable flexibility of framework) (2-dimensional)
 
 
 
10-ring viewed along [001]
8-ring, also along [001]
8-ring viewed along [100]
 
  
 
 
 References:
  Alberti, A."On the Crystal Structure of the Zeolite Heulandite", Tschermaks Min. Petr. Mitt., 18, 129-146 (1972)
Merkle, A.B. and Slaughter, M."The crystal structure of heulandite (Ca,Na2)[Al2Si7O18]·6H2O", Am. Mineral., 52, 273-276 (1967)

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