glauberite

[glou-buh-rahyt]

noun

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

Origin of glauberite

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

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Among the saline minerals in the cabinet are Glauberite, and Sassoline or native Boracic acid.
A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End
John Ayrton Paris