Glitter & Zeolites,
2006-01-03 by Christopher L. Johnston
Small correction from a rock head: Zeolites are not a mineral in the sense that quartz or halite is a mineral rather they are a class of minerals or a mineral group with variable structures within a set of chemical and physical limits. They are classified as tectosilicates and compositionally they are framework hydrous aluminosilicates. They are characterized by open channels of a uniform size at an atomic level, hence there use in industry in everything from petroleum to kitty litter as molecular sieves. Christopher L. Johnston Johnston-Namibia c.c. PO Box 354 Omaruru Namibia chris@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]