trona

American  

[troh-nuh] / ˈtroʊ nə /

noun

1. a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.

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trona British  

/ ˈtrəʊnə /

noun

1. a greyish mineral that consists of hydrated sodium carbonate and occurs in salt deposits. Formula: Na 2 CO 3 NaHCO 3 .2H 2 O

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Etymology

Origin of trona

1790–1800; < Spanish < dialectal Arabic ṭrōn, aphetic variant of naṭrūn natron

Example Sentences

Trona at Laguna Blanca, 1 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

Jackson’s first BLM foray was out to the Trona Pinnacles in the Mojave Desert, where he and his two older children camped, playing in a wonderland where “hundreds of tufa spires protrude like drip-style sand castles out of the wide-open desert floor that extend for miles in every direction,” while his wife, Kari, an E.R. nurse, stayed home with their newborn.

From Los Angeles Times

“Will & Harper’s” ability to walk a fine line between being edifying and didactic, entertaining and superficial, is woven into its very structure, with its stars’ connection deepening by degrees until they reach the Mojave Desert town of Trona, where Steele, in a shattering moment, reveals the depths of her past self-hatred.

From Los Angeles Times

The battle has spawned a good bit of anxiety in Trona, a withering town of 1,500 residents in a wind-swept bowl hugged by three rugged mountain ranges that relies on groundwater supplied by Searles Valley Minerals.

From Los Angeles Times

“With no Searles, there’s no Trona,” said Regina Troglin, 35, a resident and freelance architectural designer.

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