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NATRON [1 record]

Record 1 2012-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

... a colorless to white, yellow, or gray, water-soluble, monoclinic mineral occurring as efflorescent crusts ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
OBS

Les carbonates de sodium [...] sont susceptibles de former des minéraux carbonatés appelés «natrons». Le natron se trouve presque uniquement dans les pays désertiques chauds où il est courant. Tous les déserts en contiennent. [...] Le natron est une roche qui ressemble à du sel. Il se dissout à plus de 500 g/l. Il a un goût de lessive et fait effervescence aux acides. Il est rare dans les régions non désertiques [...]

Spanish

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