To honour Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480–1538/9), alchemist and metallurgist, author of the Pirotechnia.
Type Material: University of Florence, Florence, Italy, 16802/703; National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 163785.
Water soluble, occurs as scales on piping in a geothermal field.
Associates with nasinite, thenardite, orpiment & quartz.