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AFTER the determination of the related structures of mordenite1 and dachiardite2, attempts were made to find other related frameworks3 corresponding to known minerals. Continuing this work, it appears that a modification of the mordenite chains results in a structure fitting the requirements of epistilbite. Figs. 1A and B show the arrangement—observing the usual convention of indicating only silicon and aluminium atoms which fall at the corners, while the oxygens of the framework lie close to the mid-points of each line. Fig. 1A shows the structure projected down the a-axis, which owing to superposition of certain vertical bonds should be interpreted with the assistance of Fig. 1B showing a single layer seen along the b-axis.
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KERR, I. Structure of Epistilbite. Nature 202, 589 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202589a0
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