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mirabilite
A monoclinic mineral, Na2SO4.10H2O ; one perfect cleavage; tastes cool, then saline and bitter; in evaporite deposits, where it is mined as Glauber salt, and as an efflorescence.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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