Definitions
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- noun mineralogy A
saline evaporite , consisting ofsodium bicarbonate , found in lakesediments inCalifornia .
Etymologies
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From its chemical formula NaHCO3, named in 1929.
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Examples
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It is made both by the processing of the minerals trona (Na3H (CO3) 2. 2H2O) and nahcolite (NaHCO3), and by processing sodium carbonate-rich waters (called brines).
Soda ash or Trona 2008
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5.46.2 Production of soda ash from nahcolite in Colorado 174
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2.2.5 Trona and nahcolite extraction in China 12 2.3
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