Glauberite

Author: Amelie Stahlbuhk
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Glauberite
Mineralogical name	Glauberite
Chemical name
Trivial name
Chemical formula	Na2Ca(SO4)2
Other forms
Crystal system	monoclinic
Crystal structure
Deliquescence humidity 20°C
Solubility (g/l) at 20°C
Density (g/cm³)	2.779 g/cm3
Molar volume	100.1 cm3/mol
Molar weight	278.18 g/mol
Transparency
Cleavage
Crystal habit
Twinning
Phase transition
Chemical behavior
Comments
Crystal Optics
Refractive Indices	nx=1.515 ny=1.535 nz=1.536
Birefringence	Δ=0.021
Optical Orientation	negative
Pleochroism
Dispersion	7°
Used Literature
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Literature

[JCPDS:1991]

(1991): JCPDS Powder Diffraction File 2 (PDF-2).

[Dana:1951]

Dana E.S. (eds.) Dana J.D. (1951): Dana's System of Mineralogy, 7, Wiley & Sons

A phase is a physically distinctive form of matter and is characterized by having relatively uniform chemical and physical properties.