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Thénardite

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Thénardite

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Description
Locality: 
Virgen del Castellar Mine, Ocaña, Toledo, Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.1 × 7.6 × 4.4 cm
Description

Big blocky aggregate of white thénardite crystals with a coating of powdery thénardite. Self-collected in 2005 in the walls of galleries of the El Castellar Mine during a visit with the University. This locality, Villarrubia de Santiago, is the type locality for glauberite, that is the other exploited mineral in this mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thénardite

Formula: 
Na2SO4
Strunz: 
6/A.07-10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2½ - 3
Colour: 
Colourless, very light grey, light brown; colourless in transmitted light

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