Title: Calcium Aluminosilicate
CAS Registry Number: 1327-39-5
Synonyms: Aluminum calcium silicate
Literature References: Many different forms of calcium aluminosilicate are known, the most common of which are CaAl2Si2O8 and Ca2Al2SiO7. It occurs in nature as the minerals:
anorthite,
bavenite,
clinozoisite,
didymolite,
epistilbite,
gehlenite,
gismondite,
grossularite,
heulandite,
hibschite,
laubanite,
laumontite,
lawsonite,
levynite,
margarite,
meionite,
plazolite,
pumpellyite,
scolecite,
stellerite,
vesuvianite,
zoisite. Prepn and properties:
Gmelins, Aluminum (8th ed.)
35B, 576-586 (1934). Summary and references for minerals: Hey,
An Index of Mineral Species and Varieties (British Museum, London, 2nd ed., 1962) pp 159-162.
Use: Constituent of cement; in refractories.