trona
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trona
1790–1800; < Spanish < dialectal Arabic ṭrōn, aphetic variant of naṭrūn natron
Example Sentences
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Her father was a mechanic in a trona mine, a mineral processed into baking soda, and her mother was a telephone operator.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2022
Following recrystallization to remove clay and other impurities, heating the recrystallized trona produces Na2CO3:
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
To make money, Staley spent two and a half summers mining trona, a mineral used to make baking soda, in Rock Springs, Wyo., where he lived in a tent by the Green River.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2017
In hyperarid locations, even rarer and more complex evaporites, like borax, trona, ulexite, and hanksite, are found and mined.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Their merchandise consists chiefly of elephants' teeth, trona, rock salt, and country cloths.
From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Robert Huish
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