glauberite

[ glou-buh-rahyt ]

noun
  1. a mineral, sodium calcium sulfate, Na2Ca(SO4)2, often found as a deposit on the beds of salt lakes.

Origin of glauberite

1
1800–10; <French; so called because chemically similar to Glauber's salt; see -ite1

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