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schairerite Min.|ˈʃɛərəraɪt| [f. the name of John F. Schairer (1904–70), U.S. geochemist + -ite1.] A sulphate and fluoride of sodium, Na3FSO4, usu. also containing chlorine, first found as colourless rhombohedral crystals in the salt crust of Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California.
1931W. F. Foshag in Amer. Mineralogist XVI. 134 For this new species, a sulfate and fluoride of soda, the name schairerite is proposed in honor of Dr. J. F. Schairer of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, who studied the quaternary system Na2SO4{b1}NaF{b1}NaCl{b1}H2O, in which this compound plays a prominent part. 1963Doklady Earth Sci. CXXXIX. 839/1 We succeeded in discovering schairerite in totally different conditions—nepheline syenite pegmatites of Alluayv Mountain in the Lovozero massif (Kola Peninsula). 1971Amer. Mineralogist LVI. 177 All but the smallest and most perfect schairerite crystals are affected by voids or imperfections. |