The JNS Ranch Co.

THE PUREST NATURAL ZEOLITE AVAILABLE

The JNS RANCH COMPANY is a family owned and operated company located in North Idaho, with dealers and customers across the United States.

The JNS RANCH COMPANY processes and produces all natural innovative products from a unique natural mineral called (clinoptilolite) JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE. Our mission is to provide only the finest all natural products and animal feed supplements, focusing on both human and livestock needs. We supply only the best products for agriculture, environment, household, soil, industry and water filtration applications. With a tenacious and forward looking emphasis on producing new and innovative applications through research and development we set the standard. Our commitment to our customers is second to none. We will continue to strive for excellence in our endeavor to provide the highest quality products and customer service.

We are an environmentally conscious company striving for a healthier world. With extensive internal research and development The JNS RANCH COMPANY has positioned itself as the first choice of countless farmers, ranchers, companies and government agencies in supplying their needs.
 

Zeolite (Greek, zein,"to boil" ;lithos,"a stone") is a mineral with a porous structure that was named by Swedish mineralogist named Axel Fredrik Cronstedt in the 18th Century when he observed that, upon rapidly heating the natural mineral, the stones began to dance as the water evaporated There are many types of naturally occurring zeolites that are basically hydrated alumino-silicate minerals with an open structure that holds a wide variety of positive ions. These positive ions are loosely held and can be exchanged for others in a solution.

Zeolite is the aluminosilicate member of the family of microporous solids known as molecular sieves. As a molecular sieve, zeolite has the ability to selectively sort molecules based primarily on a size-filtering process. This is due to its very regular molecular lattice pore structure. The lattices are negatively charged, and they loosely hold positively charged cations (an ion or group of ions having a positive charge) such as calcium, sodium, potassium, and ammonium. Their ability to exchange one cation for another is known as their “cation exchange capacity” or CEC.

JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE is non dusting, resistant to attrition and non clouding in liquids (due to absence of clays). It has good permeability, relatively high density, and high water retention.

JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE has many applications including fertilizer and soil amendments; water and other liquid purification and clarification; odor abatement; oxygen production and gas separations; ion exchange; adsorption; nitrogen (ammonia/ammonium)abatement; hydrocarbon abatement; abatement of certain toxic waste and acid wastes; fillers; desiccants; construction materials; aquaculture water treatment; radioactive waste management; animal feed additive supplements; catalysts substrates; wastewater treatment; oil spill sorbent; biological and animal waste management; and many others.

• JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE is almost pure clinoptilolite with a general formula of  (Na, K, Ca)2-3Al3(Al, Si)2Si13O.12H2O.
• The balance is primarily opaline or non-crystalline silica.         
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   It contains approximately 3.5% potassium which is a plant nutrient
• It contains approximately 1.6% calcium which is a pH buffer for soils and plant  nutrient.
• It contains less than 0.5% sodium, which is toxic to plants. None of the sodium is water soluble.
• When loaded with ammonium cations, it becomes a fertilizer.
• No significant concentrations of toxic trace elements exist. No trace metal elements are soluble.
• When dry, JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE is light green. When wet the color is darker green.
• It holds up to 55% of its weight in water.
• It has a high cation exchange capacity (“CEC”) of 160 to180 meq/100 grams.
• The high CEC allows the JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE to be loaded with 1.8 to 2.1% nitrogen as ammonium.
• A low clay content makes JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE non-clouding in water and  also low dust.
• It has a very large surface area that is approximately 24.9 square meters per gram.
• It is hard and resistant to attrition.
• JNS SUPER Z® ZEOLITE has good oil adsorption qualities
• The deposit is less than 1 mile from a paved road, approximately 6 miles from a railroad, and convenient for overseas shipments. 
•  It weighs 55 pounds per cubic foot
• It is hydrophilic