GLAUBERITE Definition & Meaning

glauberite

[ glou-buh-rahyt ]

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a mineral, sodium calcium sulfate, Na 2 Ca(SO 4 ) 2 , often found as a deposit on the beds of salt lakes.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of glauberite¹

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

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The results suggest the writing surface is largely composed of sulfate salts, including glauberite, gypsum and thenardite – minerals that dissolve in water and are left behind when the water evaporates.

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Glauberite, glaw′ber-īt, n. a grayish-white mineral, a compound of the sulphates of sodium and calcium, found chiefly in rock-salt.

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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.

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