Mirabilita
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Mirabilite, also known as Glauber's salt, is a hydrous sodium sulfate mineral with the chemical formula Na2SO4·10H2O. It is a vitreous, colorless to white monoclinic mineral that forms as an evaporite from sodium sulfate-bearing brines. It is found around saline springs and along saline playa lakes. Associated minerals include gypsum, halite, thenardite, trona, glauberite, and epsomite.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Mirabilite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate minerals
- Mineral.image
- Mangxiao.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- Na2SO4·10H2O
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Mrb
- Mineral.molweight
- 322.9 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.CD.10
- Mineral.system
- Monoclinic
- Mineral.class
- Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P21/c
- Mineral.color
- Colorless, white, yellowish-white, greenish-white
- Mineral.habit
- Granular or well-formed coarse crystals
- Mineral.twinning
- Interpenetration twinning on {001}; also on {100}
- Mineral.cleavage
- {100} perfect, {001} poor, {010} poor
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.mohs
- 1.5–2
- Mineral.luster
- Vitreous
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfate mineral
- Has part
- sodium sulfate decahydrate
- Image
- Thenardite-Mirabilite-210778.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mirabilite
- chemical formula
- Na₂SO₄·10H₂O
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CD.10
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CD.10
- streak color
- white
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Mrb
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.15
Sources (1)
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Article · Español
La mirabilita del latín mirabilis (admirable), también conocida como Salmirabile Glauberi (sal de Glauber) por su uso medicinal, es un mineral del grupo de los minerales sulfatos. Fue descubierta en 1845 en la isla Vulcano, junto a Sicilia (Italia), siendo nombrada mirabilita por el adjetivo de "admirable" que le puso Johann Rudolph Glauber cuando sintetizó sulfato de sodio de forma artificial en su laboratorio. Sinónimos poco usados son: exanthalosa, sal de Glauber, reusina o sal admirable.
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