Quick Links : The Mindat Manual The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Mindat Newsletter [Free Download]

Home Page About Mindat The Mindat Manual History of Mindat Copyright Status Who We Are Contact Us Advertise on Mindat

Donate to Mindat Corporate Sponsorship Sponsor a Page Sponsored Pages Mindat Advertisers Advertise on Mindat

Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time Explore Fossils

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Mineral Visual Explorer Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz Time Machine

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color Photo Colour Explorer New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series

A solid-solution series between two end-member minerals

This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.

Photos of Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series (31)Discuss Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series

Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series Gallery Search Photos of Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series

Edit Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series Add Synonym Edit CIF structures Clear Cache

Heulandite-K, etc.

Mechanics Valley Quarry, Cecil County, Maryland, USA

Clinoptilolite-K

Quarry by the railway, Rátka, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

Heulandite-K

Contrada Lovati, San Rocco di Tretto, Tretto, Schio, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Heulandite-K, etc.

Mechanics Valley Quarry, Cecil County, Maryland, USA

Clinoptilolite-K

Quarry by the railway, Rátka, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

Heulandite-K

Contrada Lovati, San Rocco di Tretto, Tretto, Schio, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Heulandite-K, etc.

Mechanics Valley Quarry, Cecil County, Maryland, USA

Clinoptilolite-K

Quarry by the railway, Rátka, Szerencs District, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

Hide all sections | Show all sections

About Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Series Formula:

K₆(Si₃₀Al₆)O₇₂ · 20H₂O to (K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂ · 26H₂O

A series between Clinoptilolite-K and Heulandite-K

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

8969

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:8969:8

Crystallography of Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K SeriesHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Crystal StructureHide

Load
Unit Cell | Unit Cell Packed
2x2x2 | 3x3x3 | 4x4x4

View
CIF File Best | x | y | z | a | b | c

Rotation
Stop | Start

Labels
Console Off | On | Grey | Yellow

Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure

ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0001549	Clinoptilolite-K	Armbruster T (1993) Dehydration mechanism of clinoptilolite and heulandite: Single-crystal X-ray study of Na-poor, Ca-, K-, Mg-rich clinoptilolite at 100 K Sample Dehyd 2 Data obtained from the ICSD American Mineralogist 78 260-264	1993		293
0001550	Clinoptilolite-K	Armbruster T (1993) Dehydration mechanism of clinoptilolite and heulandite: Single-crystal X-ray study of Na-poor, Ca-, K-, Mg-rich clinoptilolite at 100 K Sample Dehyd 3 Data obtained from the ICSD American Mineralogist 78 260-264	1993		293
0013885	Heulandite-K	Yang P, Armbruster T (1996) Na, K, Rb and Cs exchange in heulandite single-crystals: X-ray structure refinements at 100 K Journal of Solid State Chemistry 123 140-149	1996	Nasik, India	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

data_global
_chemical_name_mineral 'Clinoptilolite-K'
loop_
_publ_author_name
'Armbruster T'
_journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 78 
_journal_year 1993
_journal_page_first 260
_journal_page_last 264
_publ_section_title
;
 Dehydration mechanism of clinoptilolite and heulandite: Single-crystal X-ray
 study of Na-poor, Ca-, K-, Mg-rich clinoptilolite at 100 K
 Sample Dehyd 2
 Data obtained from the ICSD
;
_database_code_amcsd 0001549
_chemical_formula_sum '(Si14.52 Al3.48) O38.58 Na.42 Ca.22 Ba.16 K1.06 H2.58'
_cell_length_a 17.619
_cell_length_b 17.503
_cell_length_c 7.371
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 116.71
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 2030.552
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      1.968
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/m 1'
loop_
_space_group_symop_operation_xyz
  'x,y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2+y,z'
  'x,-y,z'
  '1/2+x,1/2-y,z'
  '-x,y,-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2+y,-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
  '1/2-x,1/2-y,-z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
Si1   0.17990   0.16500   0.09550   0.80000 ?
Al1   0.17990   0.16500   0.09550   0.20000 ?
Si2   0.29380   0.08940   0.50500   0.70000 ?
Al2   0.29380   0.08940   0.50500   0.30000 ?
Si3   0.28820   0.31310   0.27590   0.83000 ?
Al3   0.28820   0.31310   0.27590   0.17000 ?
Si4   0.06570   0.29110   0.41580   0.84000 ?
Al4   0.06570   0.29110   0.41580   0.16000 ?
Si5   0.00000   0.20860   0.00000   0.92000 ?
Al5   0.00000   0.20860   0.00000   0.08000 ?
O1   0.31420   0.00000   0.55500   1.00000 ?
O2   0.24310   0.11770   0.63080   1.00000 ?
O3   0.19030   0.14430  -0.10840   1.00000 ?
O4   0.23710   0.10110   0.26180   1.00000   0.05000
O5   0.00000   0.31580   0.50000   1.00000 ?
O6   0.08150   0.15530   0.05160   1.00000 ?
O7   0.37110   0.27450   0.44830   1.00000 ?
O8   0.01360   0.26250   0.18830   1.00000 ?
O9   0.21270   0.25100   0.17010   1.00000 ?
O10   0.11580   0.36710   0.41440   1.00000 ?
Na   0.20800   0.00000   0.78800   0.21000 ?
Ca   0.45600   0.00000   0.72800   0.11000 ?
Ba   0.24420   0.50000   0.06350   0.08000 ?
K1   0.24420   0.50000   0.06350   0.43000 ?
K2   0.22000   0.00000   0.01000   0.10000   0.05000
O-H11   0.08600   0.00000   0.88600   0.27000 ?
O-H12   0.39600   0.92000   0.07500   0.39000 ?
O-H13   0.00000   0.50000   0.50000   0.40000 ?
O-H14   0.10600   0.00000   0.11000   0.04000 ?
loop_
_atom_site_aniso_label
_atom_site_aniso_U_11
_atom_site_aniso_U_22
_atom_site_aniso_U_33
_atom_site_aniso_U_12
_atom_site_aniso_U_13
_atom_site_aniso_U_23
Si1 0.01520 0.03950 0.02140 -0.00230 0.00850 0.00170
Al1 0.01520 0.03950 0.02140 -0.00230 0.00850 0.00170
Si2 0.03000 0.02270 0.02670 -0.00070 0.01540 -0.00070
Al2 0.03000 0.02270 0.02670 -0.00070 0.01540 -0.00070
Si3 0.02690 0.03470 0.02280 -0.00180 0.01470 -0.00080
Al3 0.02690 0.03470 0.02280 -0.00180 0.01470 -0.00080
Si4 0.02190 0.03970 0.02160 -0.00520 0.01160 -0.00390
Al4 0.02190 0.03970 0.02160 -0.00520 0.01160 -0.00390
Si5 0.01900 0.03300 0.02100 0.00000 0.00720 0.00000
Al5 0.01900 0.03300 0.02100 0.00000 0.00720 0.00000
O1 0.08400 0.02600 0.05900 0.00000 0.00800 0.00000
O2 0.08200 0.08400 0.08000 -0.01800 0.06400 -0.03500
O3 0.04600 0.06000 0.03200 -0.01600 0.02400 -0.00900
O4 0.02900 0.06200 0.03800 0.00500 0.00800 0.01400
O5 0.10000 0.09800 0.10100 0.00000 0.09200 0.00000
O6 0.01900 0.04300 0.05100 -0.00200 0.01900 0.00300
O7 0.05900 0.06000 0.05300 0.00800 -0.00300 0.02400
O8 0.05300 0.06500 0.03500 0.00500 0.00800 0.02000
O9 0.03600 0.04000 0.03900 -0.01100 0.02300 0.00500
O10 0.04100 0.05900 0.06200 -0.01900 0.01400 0.00500
Na 0.15000 0.02000 0.12000 0.00000 0.10000 0.00000
Ca 0.05000 0.05000 0.07000 0.00000 0.01000 0.00000
Ba 0.09700 0.02300 0.08700 0.00000 0.04900 0.00000
K1 0.09700 0.02300 0.08700 0.00000 0.04900 0.00000
O-H11 0.04000 0.07000 0.16000 0.00000 -0.01000 0.00000
O-H12 0.26000 1.10000 0.56000 -0.36000 -0.18000 0.40000
O-H13 0.16000 0.10000 0.34000 0.00000 0.18000 0.00000

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

Internet Links for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K SeriesHide

mindat.org URL:

https://www.mindat.org/min-8969.html
Please feel free to link to this page.

Search Engines:

Look for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series on Google

Look for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series images on Google

Look for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series on Bing

Look for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series images on Bing

Look for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series on DuckDuckGo

Look for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series images on DuckDuckGo

Look for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series in the Rock H. Currier Digital Library

Mineral Dealers:

Buy from D. Joyce minerals

References for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K SeriesHide

Reference List:

Alietti, Andrea (1972) Polymorphism and crystal-chemistry of heulandites and clinoptilolites. American Mineralogist, 57 (9-10) 1448-1462

Localities for Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K SeriesHide

This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the

symbol to view information about a locality. The

symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed.

- This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.

- Good crystals or important locality for species.

- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Austria
Lower Austria Melk District Pöchlarn ⓘ Lasselsberger quarry	[Heulandite-K] Knobloch et al. (2021)
Styria Murtal District Spielberg Flatschach Brunngraben ⓘ Forestry road cut	[Heulandite-K]

Bulgaria
Kardzhali Province Momchilgrad Municipality Zvezdel ⓘ Dachiardite-K occurrence	[Clinoptilolite-K] Encheva

Canada
Nova Scotia Kings Co. ⓘ Morden	[Heulandite-K] Pe-Piper (2000)
Québec Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ ~~Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)~~	[Clinoptilolite-K] Tillet collection

Chile
Antofagasta Antofagasta Province Mejillones Mejillones peninsula ⓘ Cerro Mejillones	[Clinoptilolite-K] Atencio et al. (2012) +1 other reference

China
Heilongjiang Mudanjiang Muling City ⓘ Muling zeolite deposit	[Clinoptilolite-K] Shouting Zhang et al. (2004)

Czech Republic
Moravian-Silesian Region Nový Jičín District Skotnice ⓘ ~~Hončova hůrka Hill~~	[Clinoptilolite-K] Peter Fuchs
Pardubice Region Pardubice District ⓘ Chvaletice	[Heulandite-K] PAULIŠ et al. (2022)

France
Nouvelle-Aquitaine Haute-Vienne Rochechouart Champagnac-la-Rivière ⓘ Brie Quarry	[Heulandite-K] Lebocey et al. (2011) +1 other reference

Hungary
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Szerencs District Rátka ⓘ Quarry by the railway	[Clinoptilolite-K] WDS: Norbert Zajzon

Italy
Sardinia Sassari Province ⓘ Nulvi	[Heulandite-K] AMI UK Service
Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol) Trento Province Brentonico ⓘ Crosano	[Heulandite-K] Ferretti P. et al. (2013)
Veneto Vicenza Province Altissimo Campanella ⓘ Disconzi (Contrada Disconzi)	[Heulandite-K] Boscardin et al. (2011)
Arzignano Monte Main ⓘ Contrada Conche	[Heulandite-K] M. Boscardin (2002)
Monte di Malo Contrada Vanzi ⓘ Monte di Malo Quarry (Canova bentonite quarry)	[Heulandite-K] Carbonin et al. (2003)
ⓘ Piovene Rocchette	[Heulandite-K] Boscardin et al. (2011)
Santorso ⓘ Near Albero Bassi locality	[Heulandite-K] Passaglia (1969) +5 other references
Schio Monte Magrè ⓘ Contrada Lebena	[Heulandite-K] Boscardin et al. (2011)
ⓘ Timonchiello Creek (Rio Timonchiello)	[Heulandite-K] Carbonin et al. (2003) +1 other reference
Tretto San Rocco di Tretto (San Rocco) ⓘ Contrada Gonzati	[Heulandite-K] Della Costa (2014) +1 other reference
ⓘ Contrada Lovati	[Heulandite-K] Carbonin et al. (2003) +3 other references
Valdagno Cerealto Monte Furlan ⓘ Contrada Re	[Heulandite-K] Boscardin et al. (1998)

Japan
Yamagata Prefecture Yonezawa City ⓘ Itaya deposit (Itaya mine)	[Clinoptilolite-K] Minato & Takano (1964)

Mexico
Veracruz Tatatila Municipality ⓘ Piedra Parada	[Clinoptilolite-K] Megaw (2023)
Tatatila La Mancuerna ⓘ Zeolite-Pegmatite Occurrence	[Clinoptilolite-K] Megaw (2023)

Norway
Agder Arendal Austre Moland ⓘ Haslestad	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2005)
Barbudalen Steinsås ⓘ Langsæv Mine	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2003)
Akershus Asker ⓘ Vardåsen Tunnel	[Heulandite-K] Stensrud (2004) +1 other reference
Telemark Kragerø Valberg ⓘ Valberg Quarry	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2003)
Vestfold Holmestrand ⓘ Bentsrud (Solumbrekka)	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2005)
ⓘ Reggestad	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2005)
ⓘ Sjøskogen	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2005)
Horten Borre Falkensten ⓘ Falkenstensvingen	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2005)
Sandefjord Vesterøya ⓘ Buer	[Heulandite-K] Larsen (2002) +1 other reference
ⓘ Kamfjord Quarry	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2006) +1 other reference
Vestland Øygarden Nautnes ⓘ Roadcut Nautnesvegen	[Heulandite-K] Nordrum et al. (2006)

Russia
Kamchatka Krai ⓘ Yagodninskoe zeolite deposit	[Clinoptilolite-K] Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (1984)
Murmansk Oblast Khibiny Massif ⓘ Kukisvumchorr Mt	[Heulandite-K] Pekov et al. (2004)
Lovozersky District ⓘ Kedykverpakhk Mountain	[Clinoptilolite-K] samples analyzed by Igor Pekov
Tyulbnyunuai River Valley ⓘ Medvezh'ya Berloga pegmatite (Pegmatite No. 13)	[Heulandite-K] Pekov (2000)

Spain
Andalusia Almería Níjar Cabo de Gata volcanic complex ⓘ Los Escullos	[Clinoptilolite-K] Calvo (2018)

UK
England Cornwall St Just Botallack Botallack Mine ⓘ Wheal Hazard	[Heulandite-K] J. Russell Socierty 2006

USA
Arizona Maricopa County ⓘ Horseshoe Dam area (Horseshoe Dam Clinoptilolite occurrence)	[Heulandite-K] AM61_853
California Los Angeles County ⓘ Agoura Hills	[Clinoptilolite-K] RRUFF database specimen no.R110201
Idaho ⓘ Owyhee County	[Clinoptilolite-K] Clays and Clay Minerals +1 other reference
Oregon Clackamas County Clackamas River localities ⓘ Fish Creek Road - highway 224 junction	[Heulandite-K] Gladwell ( ) +3 other references
ⓘ Malheur County	[Clinoptilolite-K] Altaner et al. (1990)
Wyoming Park County ⓘ Hoodoo Mountain	[Clinoptilolite-K] Am. J. Sci. (1890) +2 other references

Quick NavTop About Clinoptilolite-K-Heulandite-K Series Unique Identifiers Crystallography Crystal Structure Other Information Internet Links References Localities Locality List