TER
Framework Type TER
Type Material
 Material Name: Terranovaite
 Chemical Formula:|Na+4.2K+0.2Mg2+0.2Ca2+3.7 (H2O)29| [Al12.3Si67.7 O160]-TER
 Unit Cell:  
  orthorhombicCmcm (# 63)
  a = 9.747Åb = 23.880Åc = 20.068Å
  α = 90.0 °β = 90.0 °γ = 90.0 °
 Framework density: 17.1 T/1000 Å3
 Channels: [100] 10 5.0 x 5.0* <-> [001] 10 4.1 x 7.0* (2-dimensional)
 
 
 
10-ring viewed along [100]
10-ring viewed along [001]
 
  
 
 
 References:
  Galli, E., Quartieri, S., Vezzalini, G., Alberti, A. and Franzini, M."Terranovaite from Antarctica: A new 'pentasil' zeolite", Am. Mineral., 82, 423-429 (1997)

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