tayloriten.
/ˈteɪlərʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A sulphate of potassium and ammonia found in Peruvian guano beds as yellowish white bitter-tasting orthorhombic crystals.
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glauberite1809
taylorite1868
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1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 614 Taylorite... In small compact lumps or concretions.
1968 I. Kostov Mineral. 503 Arcanite and mascagnite are isostructural..and form mixed crystals (K,NH4)2SO4 termed taylorite.
1975 Mineral. Abstr. XXVI. 353/1 The annual mineral lists for newly recorded Western Australian minerals include..taylorite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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