nahcolite

English

Etymology

From its chemical formula NaHCO3, named in 1929.[1]

Noun

nahcolite (countable and uncountable, plural nahcolites)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of sodium bicarbonate.

Further reading
  • “Nahcolite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “nahcolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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