Impedance spectroscopy is used to investigate the long-range ionic conductivity of the microporous, zincosilicate VPI-9 (Si/Zn ) 4.0) (International Zeolite Association framework type VNI) containing the alkali cations Li + , Na + , K + , Rb + , and Cs + , and the alkaline earth cations Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , and Sr 2+ . Monovalent cation-exchanged samples Li-and Na-VPI-9 lose X-ray crystallinity upon vacuum dehydration at 450 °C, whereas K-, Rb-, and Cs-VPI-9 remain crystalline and exhibit conductivities of 1.7 × 10 -4 , 3.5 × 10 -4 , and 4.9 × 10 -4 S/cm, respectively, at 450 °C and activation energies of 0.72, 0.64, and 0.69 eV, respectively, in the temperature range 150-450 °C. Divalent cation-exchanged sample Mg-VPI-9 also loses X-ray crystallinity, but Ca-and Sr-VPI-9 remain crystalline and exhibit conductivities of 2.3 × 10 -6 S/cm and 7.7 × 10 -7 S/cm, respectively, at 450 °C, and activation energies of 0.88 and 0.91 eV, respectively, over the temperature range 150-450 °C. When compared to aluminosilicate zeolite X (Si/Al ) 1.25) exchanged with the same cations, all crystalline M-VPI-9 materials have greater conductivities than M-X, with the exception of K-X (1.6 × 10 -3 S/cm at 450 °C), with the greatest differences arising between the divalent exchanged materials. Dense, crystalline zincosilicate samples with the compositions K 2 ZnSi x O 2(x+1) (x ) 2-5), Rb 2 ZnSi 5 O 12 , and Cs 2 ZnSi 5 O 12 are also prepared and characterized for comparison with the microporous materials and exhibit much lower conductivities than their microporous counterparts at the same composition.