The 360-370-Ma-old Lovozero peralkaline massif (NW Russia) is a layered nepheline syenitic–foidolitic pluton. In the rocks of massif, late-stage (auto)metasomatic alterations rock-forming minerals are quite intense. We studied products alteration and sodalite via microtextural, microprobe, spectroscopic methods. found that these extensively replaced by association between natrolite + nordstrand...

Application of an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) microprobe for the analysis of single grains (80 to 1,000 m in diameter) of Clrich minerals for Br has been evaluated for fluorapatite, chlorapatite, scapolite-group minerals (marialite and meonite) and sodalite. A calibration curve based on the Br contents in four international reference materials has been confirmed by measurements on Brbearing standa...

Introduction: Chondrites reveal signs of aqueous alteration on their parent bodies [1-4] that occurred under a broad range of pH. The dominance of secondary Mg-phyllosilicates (saponite, serpentine, chlorite) in pervasively altered CI and CM chondrites [1-4] suggests alkaline conditions during deposition [5,6]. However, localized occurrences of phosphates and carbonates in CM carbonaceous chond...

Zeolites due to their structures can be used as molecular sieves for purification of materials and solutions. Zeolites with PHI and SOD structure are so common and applicable for this purpose. Hydroxy sodalite and phillipsite are the more abundant members of zeolites which display good selectivity for very small molecules and some ions such as Sr, Pb, Zn, Cu and Rb. There is not any pure natura...

Calixarene-capped Co(32) clusters are constructed by a sodalite Co(II)(24) cage and an encapsulated Co(III)(8) cube. The spherical units are arranged into three isomeric structures, two of which are stacked by the bcc lattices and the third of which is assembled by the cubic closest packing of the spherical units.

Sodalite zeolitic imidazolate frameworks containing Co (ZIF-67) and Zn (ZIF-8) were synthesized at room temperature under aqueous conditions in 10 min. A trialkylamine deprotonated the 2-methylimidazole ligand and nucleated the frameworks. Furthermore, the ligand acted as a structure directing agent in place of an organic solvent.

Introduction: Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) from Allende usually have secondary alteration phases such as anorthite, grossular, sodalite, and nepheline [1-3]. Although these phases are considered to have been formed by relatively low temperature reactions between CAIs and a surrounding nebular gas [1, 2], it is not well known that when such processes occurred. 36 Cl-36 S and

A  facile  effective  stirring  aging  at  room  temperature  prior  to  conventional  hydrothermal treatment was employed in the template-free synthesis of micro- and nano-crystalline sodalites with  two  different  initial  gel  compositions.  The  effect  of  initial  Si/Al  molar  ratio,  NaOH concentration and stirring aging time were investigated on the morphology and particle size of the...