The coprecipitation of magnesium hydroxoaluminate hydrates from aqueous solution with ammonium hydroxide: Precipitate compositions and coprecipitation mechanisms

Magnesium hydroxoaluminate hydrates were coprecipitated from different mixed metal cation solutions at Mg/Al₂ ratios from 1 to 4 by ammonium hydroxide. The coprecipitations were monitored by potentiometric titration and the final precipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction, infra-red spectrophotometry and thermal analysis. The process of coprecipitation was similar to that for coprecipitation with sodium hydroxide but large excess of ammonium hydroxide was required for complete reaction at pHs from about 8 to 10.

• At Mg/Al₂ = 1, the main phase was probably Mg(H₂O)_h [Al(OH)₄]₂;
• at Mg/Al₂ = 2, the main phase was probably Mg₂(H₂O)_h [Al₂(OH)₁₀];
• at Mg/Al₂ = 4, the main phase was probably (MgOH₄) (H₂O)^h [Al₂(OH)₁₀].

     

The precipitation of aluminium hydroxocarbonates powders from aqueous solution: Precipitate compositions and precipitation mechanisms

A series of aluminium hydroxocarbonate hydrates were prepared by precipitation from aluminium nitrate solution, with five sodium hydrogen carbonate-sodium carbonate solutions of different pH, at ambient temperature. The course of precipitation was monitored by pH measurement and the final precipitate compositions were determined by chemical analysis, infra-red spectrophotometry, X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis. Precipitation generally occurred through three stages, primary precipitation of materials with low carbonate content at low pH with evolution of carbon dioxide, their dissolution to form hydroxcarbonato anions and then secondary reprecipitation of the final products at higher pH. These materials were mixtures of polyhydroxoaluminium carbonate hydrates of general composition Al_n(OH)_3n-2CO₃ · hH₂O (where n = 2, 4, 6 and h = 6–8); their CO₃ content increased with increasing pH and carbonate anion content of the precipitant solution.     

The coprecipitation of calcium aluminium hydroxide (calcium hydroxoaluminate hydrate) powders from aqueous solution with sodium hydroxide: Precipitate compositions and percipitation mechanisms

Calcium aluminium hydroxides were coprecipitated from different mixed metal cation solutions — at total C_M = 0.1 M and Ca/Al₂ ratios from 1 to 4 — with sodium hydroxide solution at ambient temperature. The coprecipitations were monitored by potentiometric (pH) titration and the final coprecipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis, infra-red spectrophotometry and thermal analysis Generally, microcrystalline aluminium hydroxide was first precipitated at pH about 4; this then redissolved on further addition of sodium hydroxide to form hydroxoaluminate anion and polyanion and calcium aluminium hydroxide coprecipitates were formed continuously at pHs from about 9 to above 12. Their compositions were similar to the calcium hydroxoaluminate hydrates formed by direct precipitation from high pH sodium hydroxoaluminate solutions. At Ca/Al₂ ratio = 1, the main phase was probably Ca₂(H₂O)_h[Al₂(OH)₄]₂ with some Al(OH)₃; At Ca/Al₂ ratio = 2, the main phase was probably Ca₂(H₂O)_h[Al₂(OH)₁₀] dehydrating to Ca₂[Al₂O(OH)₈]; At Ca/Al₂ ratios = 3–4, the main phase was Ca₂(H₂O)_h[Al₂(OH)₁₀] with increasing amounts of Ca₄(H₂O)_h(OH)₄[Al₂(OH)₁₀] and 5–10 percent adsorbed or post-precipitated Ca(OH)₂.     

The Coprecipitation of Zinc Aluminium Hydroxide Powders from Aqueous Solution with Sodium Hydroxide: Precipitate Compositions and Coprecipitation Mechanisms

Zine aluminium hydroxides were coprecipitated from different mixed metal cation solutions, at C_{M tot} = 0.1 M and at Zn/Al₂ ratios from 1 to 4, with sodium hydroxide solution. The coprecipitations were monitored by potentiometrie (pH) titration and the final coprecipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis, infra-red spectrophotometry and thermal analysis. Generally, microcrystalline aluminium hydroxide was first precipitated at pH about 4; this then partially redissolved on further addition of sodium hydroxide (to form hydroxoaluminate anion) and zinc aluminium hydroxide coprecipitates were formed continuously at pHs from 5.5–6 to above 9. Their compositions were similar to the magnesium hydroxoaluminate coprecipitated from magnesium aluminium solutions. At Zn/Al₂ ratio = 1, the main phase was probably Zn(H₂O)_n [Al(OH)₄]₂; at Zn/Al₂ ratio = 2, the main phase was probably Zn₂(H₂O)_n [Al₂(OH)₁₀], whereas at Zn/Al₂ ratio = 4, the main phase was probably Zn(H₂O)_n(OH)₄[Al₂(OH)₁₀].     

The Coprecipitation of Magnesium Iron (III) Hydroxide Powders from Aqueous Solution: Precipitate Compositions and Coprecipitation and Ageing Mechanisms

Series of magnesium iron(111) hydroxides were coprecipitated at ambient temperature from different mixed metal cation solutions, at C_{M tot} = 0.1 M and Mg/Fe₂ ratios from 4 to 1/4, with sodium hydroxide solution. The relevant single precipitations and the coprecipitations were monitored by potentiometric (pH) titration and the final coprecipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis, infra-red spectrophotometry and thermal analysis. The coprecipitates onto aged α-FeOOH were simple mixtures of α-FeOOH and Mg(OH)₂. The main coprecipitates were either «molecular inclusion mixtures» of microcrystalline α-FeOOH with excess Mg(OH)₂ or similar mixtures of Mg(OH)₂ with excess α-FeOOH and some ten-twenty percent (relative to the Mg content) of magnesium hydroxo-ferrate(III) hydrate Mg[Fe(OH)₄]₂ · h H₂O. The coprecipitates aged in alkaline magnesium hydroxide suspension at 20 °C and 40 °C were mixtures of Mg(OH)₂, α-FeOOH and forty to ninety percent (relative to the Mg content) of Mg[Fe(OH)₄]₂ · h H₂O. The related α-FeOOH NaOH and α-FeOOH Mg(OH)₂ equilibria and the different coprecipitation mechanisms are discussed.     

The coprecipitation of zinc aluminium hydroxides (refractory-, absorbent-, and catalyst precursors) from aqueous solution with ammonium hydroxide: Precipitate compositions and coprecipitation mechanisms

Zinc aluminium hydroxide hydrates were coprecipitated from different mixed cation solutions at Zn/Al₂ ratios from 1/2 to 4/1. The coprecipitations were monitored by potentiometric titrations and the final coprecipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis and atomic absorption spectrophotometry, X-ray diffraction and preliminary thermal analysis. The product from Zn/Al₂ = 1/2 solution was amorphous: at Zn/Al₂ = 1/1.5, the main phase (after drying at 95 °C) was a zinc hydroxoaluminate Zn[Al(OH)₄]₂ together with some gibbsite: at Zn/Al₂ = 1, the main phase was probably a solid solution (of Zn[Al(OH)₄]₂ with Zn₂[Al₂(OH)₁₀]) together with Zn₂[Al₂(OH)₁₀]: at Zn/Al₂ = 2, the main phase was a mixture of Zn₂[Al₂(OH)₁₀] with (ZnOH)₄ [Al₂(OH)₁₀] and some gibbsite: at Zn/Al₂ = 4, the main phase was (ZnOH)₄ [Al₂(OH)₁₀] with some zinc hydroxide.     

The precipitation of magnesium hydroxoaluminate hydrate powders from sodium hydroxoaluminate solutions: Precipitate phases and precipitation mechanisms

Magnesium hydroxoaluminate hydrates were precipitated from different sodium hydroxoaluminate and hydroxoaluminate-hydroxide solutions at ambient temperature, at C_Al = 0.1 M, OH/Al ratios = 4–9 and XS OH/Al ratios = 1–6. The precipitations were monitored by potentiometric (pH) measurements while the final precipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis, infra-red spectrophotometry and thermal analysis. At solution OH/Al ratio = 4, the main precipitate phase at 20°C was Mg(H₂O)_n[Al(OH)₄]₂ admixed with some Al(OH)₃; at solution OH/Al ratio = 5, the main phase was Mg₂(H₂O)₄[Al₂(OH)₁₀]; at solution OH/Al ratio = 7, the main phase was Mg₄(H₂O)_n(OH)₄[Al₂(OH)₁₀] while at solution OH/Al ratio = 9, the main phase was Mg₆(H₂O)_n(OH)₈[Al₂(OH)₁₀] admixed with some Mg(OH)₂. These hydrates were dehydrated at 60–100°C probably to the compounds Mg₂[Al₂O₃(OH)₄], Mg₄(OH)₄[Al₂O₃(OH)₄] and Mg₆(OH)₈[Al₂O₃(OH)₄], respectively.     

The precipitation of calcium hydroxoaluminate hydrate powders from sodium hydroxoaluminate solutions: Precipitate phases and precipitation mechanisms

Calcium hydroxoaluminate hydrates were precipitated from different sodium hydroxoaluminate and hydroxoaluminate-excess hydroxide solutions at ambient temperature (at C_Al = 0.1 to 0.3 M and at XS OH/Al = 0 to above 8). The precipitations were monitored by potentiometric (pH) measurements. Precipitate morphologies were examined by optical microscopy and precipitate compositions were determine by chemical analysis, infra-red spectrophotometry and thermal analysis. Generally at OH/Al ratios of 4 to 4.5 (XS OH/Al = 1 to 1.5), the compound 2 CaO · · Al₂O₃ · 8 H₂O (C₂AH₈) was precipitated with some aluminium hydroxide; then at OH/Al ratios of 5 to above 11 (XS OH/Al = 2 to above 8), the compound 2 CaO · Al₂O₃ · 8 H₂O was precipitated with increasing amounts of the compound 4 CaO · Al₂O₃ · 13 H₂O (C₄AH₁₃).     

The coprecipitation of magnesium chromium hydroxide powders from aqueous solution: Precipitate compositions and coprecipitation mechanisms

Magnesium chromium (III) hydroxides were coprecipitated at ambient temperature from different mixed metal cation solutions — at C_Mtot = 0.1 M and Mg/Cr₂ ratios varying from 1 to 4 — with sodium hydroxide solution. The coprecipitations were monitored by potentiometric (pH) titration and the final precipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis, i.r. spectrophotometry and thermal analysis. Generally, microcrystalline chromium(III) hydroxide was first precipitated at pH about 5; this material then redissolved on further addition of hydroxyl ion to form hydroxochromate(III) anion and magnesium chromium hydroxide coprecipitates were then formed continuously (at OH/Cr ratios from 4 to 10) at pHs from 9.5–10 to about 11. The coprecipitates from Mg/Cr₂ = 1 systems was predominately magnesium hydroxochromate hydrate. The coprecipitates from Mg/Cr₂ = 2 to 4 systems were mixture or solid solutions of magnesium hydroxochromate hydrate with increasing amounts of magnesium hydroxide. The ionic equilibria involved in different coprecipitations are discussed.     

Synthesis and crystal structure of new carbonate NaPb2(CO3)2(OH)

Crystals of a new lead carbonate, NaPb₂(CO₃)₂(OH), sp. gr. P31c, were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. The crystal structure was established by the heavy-atom method without knowing the exact chemical formula of the compound. The polar structure of the carbonate and the distortion of the pseudosymmetry described by the supergroup P $\bar 3$ 1c are caused by the acentric arrangement of the oxygen atoms providing the satisfactory coordination of Pb and Na atoms. The bonds between a hydroxyl group and two crystallographically independent Pb atoms are directed along the c-axis and have different lengths. The study of the carbonate by the second harmonic generation method in a temperature range of 20–250°C revealed the nonlinear optical properties comparable with the similar properties of quartz. The comparison of the structure of the new carbonate with a number of carbonates demonstrated that the new compound is structurally similar to ewaldite BaCa(CO₃)₂, diorthosilicate NaBa₃[Si₂O₇](OH), and Ba[AlSiO₄]₂ containing a double silicon—oxygen layer.     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Polymeric Cobalt(II) Complex with 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethane

Abstract The title complex [Co₂(bte)₃(NCS)₄(H₂O)₂] _n (bte = 1,2-bis(triazol-1-yl)ethane) has been prepared. Single-crystal X-ray analysis reveals that the complex crystallizes in space group P ī with a = 7.7962(2), b = 8.3407(4), c = 14.7735(5) ?, α = 86.835(2), β = 76.2031(9), γ = 80.583(3)°. The crystal consists of two discrete complexes, [Co(bte)(NCS)₂(H₂O)₂] and [Co(bte)₂(NCS)₂]. The structure of [Co(bte)(NCS)₂(H₂O)₂] consists of neutral chain containing Co(II) bridged by bte molecules. The six-co-ordination of Co²⁺ is achieved by means of two trans NCS⁻ ions and water molecules. The structure of [Co(bte)₂(NCS)₂] demonstrates a one-dimensional neutral chain through bte-bridge, in which the Co(II) atom is in a distorted octahedral environment formed by four nitrogen atoms of the triazoles and two nitrogen atoms from two trans thiocyanato liagnds. Index abstract Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Polymeric Cobalt(II) Complex with 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethane This paper reports the synthesis and crystal structure of complex [Co₂(bte)₃(NCS)₄(H₂O)₂]_n (bte = 1,2-bis(triazol-1-yl)ethane), which consists two different neutral chains containing Co(II) bridged by bte molecules.      

Water-soluble amorphous alumina-based ceramic precursors and alumosols: Structural and chemical characterization

We examined the solid-state water-soluble amorphous precursors that are formed by partial thermal decomposition of Al(NO₃)₃·9H₂O (aluminum nitrate nonahydrate: ANN) using Raman and FTIR and solid-state magic-angle spinning NMR spectroscopy. We also studied the species formed in the aqueous alumosols formed by dissolution of the pre-ceramic precursors using ²⁷Al NMR spectroscopy. Species identified in the alumosols included the Al³⁺(H₂O)₆ monomer, the [AlO₄Al₁₂(OH)₂₄(H₂O)₁₂]⁷⁺(Al₁₃) Keggin ion, and the Al₃₀ polycation, [Al₃₀O₈(OH)₅₆(H₂O)₂₄]¹⁸⁺, as well as various other oligomers or nanoparticles containing IV-, V- and VI-coordinated Al³⁺ ions.     

Room,low, and high temperature dehydration and phase transitions of kernite in vacuum and in air

Kernite Na₂B₄O₆(OH)₂·3H₂O dehydration in air at high temperature and in vacuum at room temperature has been studied. It was found that kernite easily dehydrates forming a new phase‐I both on heating and in vacuum. The chemical formula Na₂B₄O₆(OH)₂·1.5H₂O of the new phase‐I has been estimated on the basis of thermogravity analysis. It is triclinic with the unit cell parameters a = 7.047(8), b = 8.76(1), c = 13.08(2) Å, α = 93.40(9), β = 95.32(9), γ = 90.28(9)° changing slightly on pressure reduction. Due to the relatively low temperature (353 K) and reversibility of the kernite ⟷ phase‐I transition an anion of the new phase‐I likely consists of the same chains [B₄O₆(OH)₂]^2– like in kernite structure. The high anisotropy of kernite thermal expansion was explained by approaching of NaO chains due to the initial removing of water molecules from kernite crystal structure. The behaviour of the new phase‐I at low temperatures in vacuum was also investigated. A formation of an additional new phase II has been detected at the temperature of 93 K. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The crystal structure of aluminium,iron (III), and gallium acid phosphites

The structures of three acid phosphites of trivalent metals [Al(HPO₃H)₃(H₂O)] · H₂O (I), K[Fe(HPO₃H₄)] (II), and Rb₃[Ga(HPO₃H)₆] (III) have been determined. Structure I is layered, complex anions [Fe(HPO₃H)₄]⁻ form polymer chains in structure II, and structure III is insular.     

The coprecipitation of magnesium hydroxide aluminium hydroxide powders from aqueous solution with sodium hydroxide: Precipitate compositions and coprecipitation mechanisms

Magnesium aluminium hydroxides were coprecipitated from different mixed metal cation solutions — at total C_M = 0.1 M and Mg/Al₂ ratios from 1 to 6 — with sodium hydroxide solution at ambient temperature, with different pre-ageing conditions for the aluminium hydroxide pre-precipitate. The coprecipitations were monitored by potentiometric (pH) titration and the final precipitate compositions were examined by chemical analysis, infrared spectrophotometry and thermal analysis. Magnesium hydroxide was coprecipitated onto completely recrystallised aluminium hydroxide as a simple mixture. Generally, with no to three days pre-ageing, microcrystalline aluminium hydroxide was first precipitated at pH about 4; this then partially redissolved on further addition of sodium hydroxide (to form hydroxoaluminate anion) and magnesium aluminium hydroxide coprecipitates were formed continuously at pHs from 8.0–8.7 to 12.0–12.5. Their compositions were similar to the magnesium hydroxoaluminate hydrates formed by direct precipitation from high pH sodium hydroxoaluminate solutions.      

Electrical conductivity and crystal structure of pure and SrCO3-doped Na2CO3

The electrical conductivity of pure and SrCO₃-doped sodium carbonate has been measured in the temperature range 310–800 °C in air using a dc technique. Its concentration dependency is similar to that of the K₂CO₃–SrCO₃ system described recently (GUTH et al. 1986). The maximum conductivity could be observed at ≈ 20 mol.% SrCO₃. At temperatures > 440 °C, the conductivity of Na₂CO₃–SrCO₃ mixtures containing up to 80 mol.% SrCO₃ is larger than that of pure Na₂CO₃. X-ray investigations of slowly cooled samples show the mixtures to be heterogeneous. X-ray diffraction patterns of quenched mixtures containing 10 mol.% SrCO₃ show reflexes of a high temperature compound. SrCO₃, however, could not be detected. The lattice constants of this hexagonal compound Na₂Sr₄(CO₃)₅ which is isotyp with Na₂Ca₂Sr₂(CO₃)₅ described by CHEN and CHAO are a₀ = (1066.1 ± 0.4) pm and c₀ = (653.2 ± 0.2) pm.     

An Organoplatinum(II) Complex of a Bitopic,Propylene-linked Bis(pyrazolyl)methane Ligand

Abstract The reaction of the third-generation, bis(pyrazolyl)methane ligand 1,1,5,5-tetra(1-pyrazolyl)pentane, [CH(pz)₂]₂(CH₂)₃ (pz = 1-pyrazolyl), with the dimer [Pt(p-tolyl)₂(μ-SEt₂)]₂ yields the complex {μ-[CH(pz)₂]₂(CH₂)₃}[Pt(p-tolyl)₂]₂. The complex crystallizes in the space group P with unit cell dimensions a = 11.9461(5) ?, b = 12.1475(5) ?, c = 16.0665(7) ?; α = 102.424(1)°, β = 104.413(1)°, γ = 102.140(1)°. The platinum centers adopt a square planar coordination geometry where each bis(pyrazolyl)methyl group binds in a cis bidentate fashion. Index abstract The complex {μ-[CH(pz)₂]₂(CH₂)₃}[Pt(p-tolyl)₂]₂ (pz = 1-pyrazolyl) has been prepared by the reaction between the bis(pyrazolyl)methane ligand [CH(pz)₂]₂(CH₂)₃ and [Pt(p-tolyl)₂(μ-SEt₂)]₂. Daniel L. Reger*, Russell P. Watson, and Mark D. Smith Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA,reger@mail.chem.sc.edu      

Crystal structure of britvinite [Pb7(OH)3F(BO3)2(CO3)][Mg4.5(OH)3(Si5O14)]: A new layered silicate with an original type of silicon-oxygen networks

The crystal structure of a new mineral britvinite Pb_7.1Mg_4.5(Si_4.8Al_0.2O₁₄)(BO₃)(CO₃)[(BO₃)_0.7(SiO₄)_0.3](OH, F)_6.7 from the Lángban iron-manganese skarn deposit (V?rmland, Sweden) is determined at T = 173 K using X-ray diffraction (Stoe IPDS diffractometer, λMoKα, graphite monochromator, 2θ_max = 58.43°, R = 0.052 for 6262 reflections). The main crystal data are as follows: a = 9.3409(8) ?, b = 9.3579(7) ?, c = 18.8333(14) ?, α = 80.365(6)°, β = 75.816(6)°, γ = 59.870(5)°, V = 1378.7(2) ?³, space group P1, Z = 2, and ρ_calcd = 5.42 g/cm³. The idealized structural formula of the mineral is represented as [Pb₇(OH)₃F(BO₃)₂(CO₃)][Mg_4.5(OH)₃(Si₅O₁₄)]. It is demonstrated that the mineral britvinite is a new representative of the group of mica-like layered silicates with structures in which three-layer (2: 1) “sandwiches” composed of tetrahedra and octahedra alternate with blocks of other compositions, such as oxide, oxide-carbonate, oxide-carbonate-sulfate, and other blocks. The tetrahedral networks (Si₅O₁₄)_∞∞ consisting of twelve-membered rings are fragments of the britvinite structure. Similar networks also form crystal structures of the mineral zeophyllite and the synthetic phase Rb₆Si₁₀O₂₃. In the crystal structures under consideration, the tetrahedral networks differ in the rotation of tetrahedra with respect to the layer plane. Original Russian Text ? O.V. Yakubovich, W. Massa, N.V. Chukanov, 2008, published in Kristallografiya, 2008, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 233–242.     

The precipitation of alkaline-earth metal polymetaphosphate hydrate powders from aqueous solution. Nucleation and crystal growth processes,final precipitate compositions and crystal sizes

The precipitation of barium, strontium, calcium and magnesium polymetaphosphate hydrates was studied from aqueous solutions of initial metal salt concentrations from 0.001 to 3 M at 20 °C; equivalent sodium polymetaphosphate solutions were added to the alkaline-earth metal chloride solutions. Precipitate compositions were determined by chemical analysis, paper chromatography, potentiometric analysis, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis and infra-red spectrophotometry; final crystallite morphologies and sizes were studied by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray powder diffraction. Nucleation rates and nucleus numbers (at the end of the induction periods) were very high; crystal numbers varied from 10¹⁴ to 10¹⁵ at the critical concentrations to above 10¹⁷ per 1. solution. Crystal growth rates were also very high and varied as the fourth power of the initial metal salt concentration. High molecular-weight metal polymetaphosphate hydrates were precipitated from the more dilute solutions (0.001 to 0.025 M) while increasing amounts of the more soluble intermediate and low molecular-weight products were precipitated from the more concentrated solutions. Washing with cold water removed the tri- and tetralinear and cyclic phosphate products. The magnesium salts were not precipitated even from 3 M aqueous solutions. The precipitates from aqueous (NaPO₃(I))_n (n = 12) solutions had the compositions (BaP₂O₆ · 2.5 H₂O)₆, (SrP₂O₆ · 3 H₂O)_n and (CaP₂O₆ · 4 H₂O)_n while the magnesium salt precipitate from 20 percent aqueous acetone solution had the composition (MgP₂O₆ · 4 H₂O)_n, the precipitate n values varied from 19 to 13. The precipitates from aqueous (NaPO₃(II))_n (n = 20) solutions contained 0.5n to n additional adsorbed water molecules; these precipitate n values varied in turn from 40 to 26. The final precipitate powders consisted of ‘spherules’ of highly microcrystalline or amorphous polymer glass; the spherule diameters were about 0.2 μm at the critical concentrations and decreased to below 0.05 μm with increasing solution concentrations.     

Crystal structures of low-symmetry cancrinite and cancrisilite varieties

The high-sodium variety of cancrinite [Si_6.3Al_5.7O₂₄][Na₂(H₂O)₂][Na_5.7(CO₃)_0.9(SO₄)_0.1(H₂O)_0.6] (Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia) and the calcium-containing variety of cancrisilite [Si_6.6Al_5.4O₂₄][(Na_1.2Ca_0.4)(H₂O)_1.6][Na₆(CO₃)_1.3(H₂O)_1.2] (Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia) are studied. The trigonal unit cell parameters of the crystal structures under investigation are as follows: a = 12.727(4) Å, c = 5.186(2) Å, and space group P3 for the former mineral and a = 12.607(4) Å, c = 5.111(1) Å, and space group P3 for the latter mineral. The reduced symmetry of the new varieties as compared to the symmetry of typical cancrinite and typical cancrisilite is associated with the specific features in the arrangement of the carbonate groups and water molecules in channels. This inference is confirmed by the IR spectroscopic data.