The species of zeolites

Abstract

According to the recommended nomenclature for zeolite minerals by the subcommittee on zeolites of the Commission on new minerals and mineral names of IMA (1997), 83 species have been defined. After the recommended report, three new zeolites have been approved in the Commission up to the date. Though gmelinite-K was recorded in the zeolite report of 1997, it was formally approved in 1999. Here, all 85 spicies are summerized and the 41 species among them found in Japan are briefly reviewed.