“…As noted by Bish & Boak (2001), who elaborated on the hul and cpt nomenclature, there has been controversy regarding the distinction between the two minerals since the early studies on these minerals and even after their crystal structures were completely understood. Various empirical methods and approaches based on the framework chemistry, exchangeable-cation composition, thermal stability, thermogravimetry, proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD) data have been utilized to describe and distinguish hul and cpt (Mason & Sand, 1960;Mumpton, 1960;Shepard & Starkey, 1966;Merkle & Slaughter, 1968;Alberti, 1972;Alietti, 1972;Boles, 1972;Hawkins & Ordonez, 1972;Alietti et al, 1974Alietti et al, , 1977Hawkins, 1974;Alberti & Vezzalini, 1983;Bish, 1984Bish, , 1988Gottardi & Galli, 1985;Armbruster & Gunter, 1991;Boak et al, 1991;Esenli & Kumbasar, 1994, 1998Valueva, 1994;Ward & McKague, 1994;Bish & Boak, 2001;Christidis et al, 2003;Spiridonov et al, 2015).…”