Three-Dimensional (3d) Microporous Iron Silicate With An Imandrite Type Of Structure

Small-pore iron silicate MS-1 (Minho-Sofia, solid number 1) with a 3D porous system, an analogue of the rare mineral imandrite, has been synthesized and characterized. This material is the lowest framework density iron silicate, one of the most siliceous (Si/Fe = 6) iron silicates, the first iron cyclosilicate achieved at hydrothermal conditions, and the only synthetic iron-based member of the lovozerite mineral group.