Item talk:Q162403
From geokb
Mindat Short Description
Dehydrates with efflorescence in dry air (compare the lower hydrate pirsonnite). Slowly decomposes in H2O leaving CaCO3 as calcite or aragonite.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Boussingault J B (1826) Analyse d'une nouvelle substance minérale (la Gay-Lussite), Annales de Chimie et de Physique 31, 270-276
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Na2Ca(CO3)2·5H2O
