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Mindat Short Description

Chemically related to nahcolite; also similar to trona, 'UM1974-04-CO:HNa'.

In chemistry, the synthetic equivalent is called Wegscheider salt.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Fahey J J, Yorks K P, Appleman D E (1961) Wegscheiderite, a new saline mineral from the Green River formation, Wyoming, Geological Society of America, Abstracts Annual Meetings 1961, 48A-49A Fahey J J, Yorks K P (1963) Wegscheiderite (Na_2_CO_3_·3NaHCO_3_), a new saline mineral from the Green River formation, Wyoming, American Mineralogist 48, 400-403

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Na₅H₃(CO₃)₄

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Na₅H₃(CO₃)₄

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/wegscheiderite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Wegscheiderite.shtml