Abstract
The crystal structure of a pure natrolite sample, Na2(Al2Si3O10)·2H2O, coming from Asheken, Ethiopia, has been analysed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes within the orthorhombic space group Fdd2, with the following cell constants: a = 18.2930(2) A; b = 18.6430(5) A; c = 6.5860(5) A; V = 2246.07(18) A3. The three-dimensional framework of this hydrated aluminosilicate zeolite is made up by chains of corner-sharing SiO4 and AlO4 tetrahedra down c; the chains are held together by sharing the external vertices of tetrahedra; water molecules and Na+ extra-framework cations fill up the resulting cavities, the latter forming irregular NaO6 octahedra. Hydrogen bonds complete the array.
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