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English
Etymology
From natro- + alunite.
Noun
natroalunite (usually uncountable, plural natroalunites)
- (mineralogy) A relatively rare mineral, a sodium-rich form of alunite.
References
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Natroalunite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “natroalunite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- Hurlbutt (1894) American Journal of Science: 48: 130.
- Calderón y Arana, S. (1910) Los minerales de España, 2 volumes, Madrid: 2: 203 (as Almeriite).
- Schaller (1911) American Journal of Science: 32: 359.
- Doelter, C. (1927) Handbuch der Mineral-chemie (in 4 volumes divided into parts): 4 : 495 (as Natroalunit).
- Westman (1931) Bol. Minero soc. nac. Mineria, Santiago de Chile: 43: 433 (as Alkanasul).
- Laudermilk (1935) American Mineralogist: 20: 57 (as Soda-Alunite).
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 556-560.
- Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1982): 534-540.
- Sato, E., Nakai, I., Miyawaki, R. & Matsubara, S. (2009): Crystal structures of alunite family minerals: beaverite, corkite, alunite, natroalunite, jarosite, svanbergite, and woodhouseite. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen 185, 313-322.