Item talk:Q162540

Mindat Short Description

Quickly dehydrates to thenardite in dry air. Compare 'UM1962-08-SO:HNa'.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Haidinger W (1845) Erste Klasse: Akrogenide. IV. Ordnung. Salze. III. Glaubersalz. Mirabilit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 487-492

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Na₂(SO₄) · 10H₂O

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Na₂SO₄·10H₂O

Additional References

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

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