- Trona
:"This page is about the mineral. For the town, please see
Trona, California ; for the geological feature, please seeTrona Pinnacles ."Trona, hydrated
sodium bicarbonate carbonate (Na3H(CO3)2·2H2O), is anevaporite mineral . It is mined as the primary source ofsodium carbonate in theUnited States , where it has replaced theSolvay process used in most of the rest of theworld for sodium carbonate production..
The word "trona" comes to English by way of either Swedish ("trona") or Spanish ("trona"), with both possible sources having the same meaning as in English. Both of these derive from the
Arabic "trōn" which in turn derives from the Arabic "natron ", andHebrew "nun, tet, resh, nun" pronounced "natrun",which comes from theancient Greek "nitron", derived ultimately from theancient Egyptian "ntry" (or "nitry").Companies with trona mining operations
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Magadi Soda Company
*Searles Valley Minerals Inc. ee also
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Shortite
*Sodium sesquicarbonate References
* [http://webmineral.com/data/Trona.shtml Webmineral]
* [http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/carbonat/trona/trona.htm Mineral galleries]
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