A high-purity artificial zeolite is industrially mass produced by carrying out osmosis treatment of fly ash in an alkaline aqueous solution, subsequently carrying out the osmosis treatment again with an acidic aqueous solution of pH 1.0 or less obtained by adding acid to the osmotic aqueous solution of fly ash, then performing solid-liquid separation while water wash and dewatering in a centrifuge, thereby synthesizing a starting composition, and performing hydrothermal reaction treatment to this starting composition.

Methods for synthesis of hierarchically ordered zeolites and zeolite-type materials are provided. Synthesized hierarchically ordered zeolites and zeolite-type materials formed according to the methods herein possess a high-degree of well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering. The methods include base-mediated reassembly, by dissolution of the parent material to the level of oligomeric structural building units of the parent material, and minimizing or avoiding amorphization/structural collapse. The dissolution and self-assembly is comprehensively controlled to produce hierarchically ordered zeolites and zeolite-type materials according to the methods herein.

A novel synthetic crystalline borongermanosilicate molecular sieve material, designated boron SSZ-117x, is provided. The boron SSZ-117x can be synthesized using N,N,N,3,5-pentamethyladamantan-1-ammonium cations as a structure directing agent. The synthesis employs a boron pathway to achieve the boron molecular sieve. The boron SSZ-117x may be used in organic compound conversion reactions, such as reforming, and/or sorptive processes.