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.