Nyerereite

Formula: Na2Ca(CO3)2

Origin of name: for J. Nyerere, President of Tanzania

 

Crystal system: orthorhombic, pseudohexagonal

Crystal class: mm2

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Colour: colourless

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Habit: crystals tabular, twinned

Hardness

Specific gravity: 2.54

Cleavage: none

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Comments: dimorphous with zemkorite

 

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