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trona
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Trona (trisodium hydrogendicarbonate di hydrate also sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, NaCO•NaHCO•2HO is a non- marine evaporite mineral . It is mined as the primary source of sodium carbonate in the United States, where it has replaced the Solvay process ...
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n. (label en mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, sodium 3 hydrogencarbonoxygen 3 CO 3 '''·'''2water.
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Trona \Tro"na\, n. [Of Egyptian or North African origin.] (Chem. & Min.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O , occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine ...