Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Mordenite is a zeolite mineral with the chemical formula (Ca Na2 K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O. According to Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (2005) it is one of the six most abundant zeolites and is used commercially. It was first described in 1864 by Henry How. He named it after the small community of Morden Nova Scotia Canada along the Bay of Fundy where it was first found.Mordenite is orthorhombic (abc unequal & all angles 90 degree).
