میرابیلیت
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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
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