Miocene Pyroclastic rocks, mainly composed of glassy tuffs, are distributed at Futat-sui-machi, Yamamoto-gun, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The clinoptilolite in these rocks is altered product from volcanic glass.
The X-ray powder data of this clinoptilolite agrees well with that of the specimen Patagonia, and all diffraction peaks of the heated material at 900°C, disappear except 4Å of cristobalite. In differential thermal analysis, only one endothermic peak is observed between 100°C and 300°C. The cation exchange capacity is 150-180 m. e./100 g. This clinoptilolite is a soda-rich variety, by their chemal anslyses, and electron micrographs show that this specimen is platy shape.
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