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Wegscheiderite from
Grierson Well No. 1, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA


Locality type:Well
Classification
Species:Wegscheiderite
Formula:Na5H3(CO3)4
Comments:Thin sections show that trona is replaced by wegscheiderite, which is in turn replaced by halite
Habit:bladed crystals to 5 cm
Special Storage/
Display Requirements:
Water soluble mineral that should be stored in a sealed glass container.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Halite
Nahcolite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wegscheiderite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Grierson Well No. 1, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:507448
Long-form Identifier:1:3:507448:8
GUID (UUID V4):5d4dded6-929d-4ca2-8a8a-87290d52681e
Nearest other occurrences of Wegscheiderite
17.5km (10.9 miles) Perkins Well No. 2, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
19.3km (12.0 miles) Perkins Well No. 1, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
References
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Report (issue)
Wegscheiderite Na5 (HCO3 )3 (CO3 ) c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Triclinic...Triclinic. Point Group: 1. Acicular to bladed subhedral to anhedral crystals, to 5 cm, and commonly fibrous...= 32.4◦ 2V(calc.) = 34◦ Cell Data: Space Group: P 1. a = 10.04(3) β = 95◦ 49(5)0 γ = 108◦ 40(5)0 Z = 2...91◦ 55(5)0 X-ray Powder Pattern: Grierson Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA. 2.954 (100b), 3.68 (60), 2.642 (60)...Na2 O H2 O+ (1) 46.60 43.40 10.00 (2) 49.17 43.28 7.55 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Green River Formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
48, MARCH_APRIL, 1963 MrNERALocrbarNorES WEGSCHEIDERITE(Na2CO3.3NaHCOB), A NEW SALINE MINERAL FROM...York. INrnooucrrow The Green River formation of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado has been generousin providing...following paper by Daniel Appleman. The name, wegscheiderite,is given to this new mineral in honor of Rudolf...perkins well N o . 1 , w h i c h i s l o c a t e di n t h e N E ] S e c .3 2 , T ' . 1 5 N . , R . 1 0 9W...9W . , S w e e t _ water County, Wyoming. ft occurs as a 3-inch stratum (depth 1609,6,,to 1609'9") colored
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrences are at the F-33 mine, near Grants, Valencia County, New Mexico (in Todilto limestone), the La Salle...the Golden Cycle mine, the latter two in Montrose County, Colorado (in Salt Wash sandstone). The three chemical...unit cell a 17.54, b 3.ffi, c 12.45 A, p 95"15', Z:1. The strongest *-ray l i n e sa r e 8 . 7 s , 7 2...3 . 0 0 8m s , 4 . 3 4 m , 3 . 7 1 9m , 2 . 8 6 6 r , ; ' , 2 . 7 1 5m , 2 . 2 7 5 n , 2.240 m. Luster...tabular crystals show (010), (110), (1I0), and (001)- No cleavage, fracture conchoidal. Apparently triclinic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
out that the X-ray powder data agree reasonably well with synthetic MgB~O10.5H20 (Lehmann and Papenfuss...these formulae, leading to a calculated sp. gr. of 1-97 (obs., 2"07, 2"37). Named from the locality. [M...(13apcanoBnT). Near (Ca,Na)9(Fe,Mn)2(Zr,Nb)2Si ~ (0,(]1)37; monoclinic; in a pegmatite from Petrelius, Khibina...E. A. Yarilova, 1958. [IIoqBoBe~eH,e (Pedology), no. 12, p. 28], abstr, in M.A. 14-98. A group name for...Bostrichites. R. Jameson, 1800. Min. Scot. Isles, vol. 1, p. ll. An early synonym of Prehnite. Brockite. F
Book
Publication Data A manual of new mineral names, 1892-1978. 1. Mineralogy - Terminology I. Embrey, Peter Godwin...NAIROBI DAR ES SALAAM CAPE TOWN Published in the USA by Oxford University Press, New York 2 Filmset...should be noted in this connection that there is no infringement of the copyright claimed by the McGraw-Hill...There were no Lists in vols. 34 (‘Tilley Volume’) and 41 (an unusually short volume). Lists 1-21 were compiled...which they appeared is nowhere confusing we have made no editorial alterations. Some of the earliest lists
 
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