Aussie Zeolite

The Warrumbungles, NSW, birthplace of Australian zeolite

Don’t be misled by false information

There currently seems to be a lot of confusion from misleading online articles about the heavy metals taken up by zeolite during its formation and whether or not these heavy metals are ingested. If you want to read the facts, please click:

The Heavy Metal Content of Zeolite

What Happens When We Take Zeolite

Concerns About the Lead Content of Zeolite

Zeolite Facts

In these pages you will find factual information about zeolite powder.

• Zeolite medical research and zeolite clinical trials related to various health issues.

• Information about  heavy metal detoxicification.

• Studies and reports about decontamination of radioactive waste including hot particles.
  

• Descriptions of zeolite activity.
  

• First Aid pages give directions for minor problems like insect bites, bumps, sprains and minor burns as well as chronic complaints like leg ulcers, bed sores and skin cancers.

• Every day your skin is bombarded with pollution.  Read how zeolite helps to keep your skin clean and healthy on our Skin Care pages where recipes to make your own cleansers, face masks, body masks, exfoliants and bath products are provided.

• The Animal Care pages give directions and many tips on how to improve the health and wellbeing of your small and large animals and their environment.

• Zeolite in the Soil shows how zeolite improves good soil management in commercial and home garden applications.

• Zeolite greatly improves indoor air quality, removing dangerous gases like radon.

• Zeolite has many household uses, it can even be used in oil burners and in cooking.
  

If you can't find the information you're looking for here  please contact us.

Zeolite Grades and Suppliers

Technical Data Sheet

Contact details for suppliers of Australian Organic Certified zeolite:

retail supplier  (Grades 1 and 2)

wholesale and retail supplier  (Grades 1 and 4)

wholesale supplier (Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4)

Throughout this website different grades of Australian zeolite are mentioned and offered for sale.  All grades of zeolite are Australian Organic Certified natural clinoptilolite.  They are:

Grade 1 Zeolite:     Superfine zeolite powder used for human health, skin care and pet care.

Grade 2 Zeolite:     Fine zeolite powder used in horse and pig feed.

Grade 3 Zeolite:     A slightly coarser zeolite powder used in cattle feed, chicken feed, worm farms, turf, gardening, broadacre cropping and to absorb odours.

Grade 4 Zeolite:     A blend of different sizes of zeolite from fine powder to small chips, a perfect blend for gardens, lawns and crops.

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Australian Zeolite

Because of its geological age, Australia has the oldest known zeolite deposits in the world.  Some Australian produced zeolites come from deposits which are 305 million years old compared to overseas commercial deposits which range from about 2 million to 100 million years old.  Over the ages these zeolites have become geologically hard and stable.

305 million years ago there was a huge range of active volcanos approximately where the Warrumbungles now stand.  These volcanoes poured out a continuous stream of volcanic ash into the atmosphere.  The prevailing winds carried the ash towards a vast reasonably shallow inland lake about the size of Port Stephens, NSW.  Much of the volcanic ash fell into this lake which was the perfect depth to form zeolites.

Over millions of years the lake became solid with compacted zeolite which eventually turned into solid rock.  About 5 million or so years ago (at the time that the Great Dividing Range was being formed) there was a series of catastrophic earthquakes.  One of the earthquakes was so huge that the solid deposit of zeolite was turned on its edge and dropped into an enormous hole in the earth.  This is the deposit which now supplies the purest, finest quality zeolite in Australia.

Australian zeolites are hard (mohs hardness of 5-6), stable, geologically old (305 million years old) and have no dissolved salts.  They also have a very high cation exchange capacity and high water holding capacity.

The stability of the zeolite structure is very important when a known result is required.  Geologically hard Australian zeolite has a very stable structure, by comparison the structure of the young, geologically soft zeolite breaks down under pressure.  Also, many young zeolites contain dissolved salts which have to be leached out of the zeolite before it is used.  Australian zeolite does not contain dissolved salts.