NOVELTY - Crystalline microporous solids (including silicate- and aluminosilicate-based solids) are provided involving hydrothermally treating a composition comprising: (a) (i) source of a silicon oxide, germanium oxide, or its combination; and optionally (ii) source of aluminum oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, hafnium oxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, vanadium oxide, zirconium oxide, or its combination or mixture; and (b) a linked pair of quaternary imidazolium cations under conditions effective to crystallize a crystalline microporous solid of CIT-7 topology.    USE - The process is useful for producing crystalline microporous solids (including silicate- and aluminosilicate-based solids).    ADVANTAGE - The compositions and methods include the use of organic structure defining agents (OSDAs) including quaternized imidazolium cations (quats) and linked pairs of quaternary imidazolium cations (diquats). These materials have shown good activity for the methanol-to-olefins reaction (MTO) and have also been proposed as a material for catalytic NOx reduction. One of the advantages of the OSDAs over phosphorus-containing OSDAs is that they avoid the inclusion of phosphorus (P) atoms or oxides on calcining which inevitably occur on use of the phosphorus-containing OSDAs.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Crystalline microporous solids (including silicate- and aluminosilicate-based solids) are provided involving hydrothermally treating a composition comprising: (a) (i) source of a silicon oxide, germanium oxide, or its combination; and optionally (ii) source of aluminum oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, hafnium oxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, vanadium oxide, zirconium oxide, or its combination or mixture; and (b) a linked pair of quaternary imidazolium cations of formula 1 under conditions effective to crystallize a crystalline microporous solid of CIT-7 topology, where linked pair of quaternary imidazolium cations has associated fluoride or hydroxide ions, preferably substantially free of other halide counterions.    t=3-6;    R=independently methyl or ethyl, preferably methyl; and    n=1-3.    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) a composition comprising: (a) (i) source of a silicon oxide, germanium oxide, or its combination; and optionally (ii) source of aluminum oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, hafnium oxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, vanadium oxide, zirconium oxide, or its combination or mixture; and (b) a linked pair of quaternary imidazolium cations of formula (I); and (c) a compositionally consistent crystalline microporous solid of CIT-7 topology; where the linked pair of quaternary imidazolium cations has associated fluoride or hydroxide ions; or a composition comprising: (a) (i) source of a silicon oxide, germanium oxide, or its combination; and (b) an imidazolium cation comprising methyl and ethyl groups and having a carbon/nitrogen (C/N+) ratio in a range of from 6:1 to 10:1; and (c) a hydroxide or fluoride anion; and (d) a compositionally consistent crystalline microporous solid of CIT-7 topology; and    (2) a crystalline microporous solid of CIT-7 topology prepared by the process; or a calcined crystalline microporous solid comprising (a) silicon oxide, germanium oxide, or its combination and optionally (b) aluminum oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, hafnium oxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, vanadium oxide, zirconium oxide, or its combination and having a pore structure with 8-membered and 10-membered rings characterized by of the following: (a) the solid exhibits silicon isotope (29Si) MAS spectrum having chemical shifts of about 115.59, about 115.19, 111.2, 109.58, 109.27, 108.81, and about 106.73 ppm downfield of a peak corresponding to and external standard of tetramethylsilane; or (b) the solid exhibits X-ray diffraction (XRD) diffraction pattern the same as or consistent with any one of those given in the specification (Figures 11, 12, or 13A/B); (c) the solid exhibits an XRD pattern having at least the five major peaks substantially as provided in the specification (Table 2A); or a calcined crystalline microporous solid comprising: (a) silicon oxide, germanium oxide, or its combination and optionally (b) aluminum oxide, boron oxide, gallium oxide, hafnium oxide, iron oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, vanadium oxide, zirconium oxide, or its combination, comprising cse and mtw building blocks given in the specification (Figure 18 or 19); or a calcined microporous solid having a framework substantially as described in the specification (Table 11).