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glauberite

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[glou-buh-rahyt] / ˈglaʊ bəˌraɪt /

noun

  1. a mineral, sodium calcium sulfate, Na 2 Ca(SO4 ) 2 , often found as a deposit on the beds of salt lakes.

Etymology

Origin of glauberite

1800–10; < French; so called because chemically similar to Glauber's salt; -ite 1

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In combination with calcium sulphate, it constitutes the mineral glauberite or brongniartite, Na2SO4�CaSO4, which assumes forms belonging to the monoclinic system and occurs in Spain and Austria.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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