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Balliranoite, (Na,K)6Ca2(Si6Al6O24)Cl2(CO3), a new cancrinite-group mineral from Monte Somma - Vesuvio volcanic complex, Italy
The new cancrinite-group mineral balliranoite was found in a metasomatic rock from Monte Somma – Vesuvio volcanic
complex, Campania, Italy. Associated minerals are orthoclase, phlogopite, clinohumite, calcite, diopside, pargasite, hau¨yne and
apatite. The mineral is named for the Italian crystallographer Paolo Ballirano. Balliranoite is transparent, colourless. It occurs in the
cavities of the rock as coarse prismatic crystals up to 1 1 2mmand as anhedral grains up to 1 cmin the groundmass. The mineral
is brittle, with Mohs hardness 5 and perfect cleavage on (10-10). Dmeas is 2.48(1), Dcalc is 2.486(12) g/cm3. Optically, the new mineral
is uniaxial (þ), o ¼ 1.523(2), e ¼ 1.525(2). IR spectrum is given. The chemical composition is (mean of 5 analyses, wt%):
Na2O 13.05, K2O 3.08, CaO 12.70, Al2O3 27.28, SiO2 32.38, SO3 1.96, Cl 7.43, –O¼Cl2 1.68; CO2 (determined by
selective sorption of ignition products) 3.24; H2O (determined by Penfield method) 0.19; total 99.63. The empirical formula
based on 12 (Si þ Al) is: Na4.70Ca2.53K0.73(Si6.02Al5.98O23.995)Cl2.34(CO3)0.82(SO4)0.270.12H2O. The simplified formula is:
Na5KCa2(Si6Al6O24)Cl2(CO3). The crystal structure was refined (R ¼ 0.0396). Balliranoite is hexagonal, P63; a ¼ 12.695(2) A ˚ ,
c ¼ 5.325(1) A ˚ , V ¼ 743.2(2) A ˚ 3, Z ¼ 1. Balliranoite is an analogue of cancrinite with . . .–Ca–Cl–Ca–Cl–. . . chains in narrow
channels instead of . . .–Na–H2O–Na–H2O–. . . and an analogue of davyne with prevailing of (CO3) in the broad channels instead of
(SO4). The strongest lines of the powder diffraction pattern [d, AËš (I, %) (hkl)] are: 4.797 (100) (101), 3.669 (57) (300), 3.281 (73)
(211), 2.754 (16) (400), 2.662 (58) (002), 2.446 (31) (401), 2.120 (18) (330). The holotype specimen is deposited in Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, with the registration number 3756/1
Balliranoite, (Na,K)6Ca2(Si6Al6O24)Cl2(CO3), a new cancrinite-group mineral from Monte Somma Vesuvio volcanic complex, Italy
Depmeierite Na8[Al6Si6O24](PO4,CO3)1−x · 3H2O (x < 0.5): A new cancrinite-group mineral species from the Lovozero alkaline pluton of the Kola Peninsula
Cancrinite–vishnevite solid solution from Cinder Lake (Manitoba, Canada): crystal chemistry and implications for alkaline igneous rocks
One-part geopolymers based on thermally treated red Mud/NaOH blends
In this study, one-part "just add water" geopolymer binders are synthesized through the alkali-thermal activation of the red mud which is relatively rich in both alumina and calcium. Calcination of the red mud with sodium hydroxide pellets at 800C leads to decomposition of the original silicate and aluminosilicate phases present in the red mud, which promotes the formation of new compounds with hydraulic character, including a partially ordered peralkaline aluminosilicate phase and the calcium-rich phases C3A and α-C2S. The hydration of the "one-part geopolymer" leads to the formation of zeolites and a disordered binder gel as the main reaction products, and the consequent development of compressive strengths of up to 10 MPa after 7 d of curing. These results demonstrate that red mud is an effective precursor to produce one-part geopolymer binders, via thermal and alkali-activation processes