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Tronite

Chemical Formula

Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O

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Trona is a non-marine evaporitic mineral. It is a hydrated sodium carbonate of the monoclinic crystal system. Trona is the main source of sodium products on Earth. In association with thermonatrite and natron is one of the main minerals precipitating in soda lakes. These particular environments – filled by strong alkaline waters – have been proposed as possible analogues of ancient oceans on Earth. Together with natron, trona has been detected by spectral imagery in silica-rich opaline deposits of the Inner Basin of Columbia Hills at Gusev Crater, Mars.

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  1. Geotop, Research Centre for the Dynamics of the Earth System, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Daniele L. Pinti

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  1. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  2. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

    William M. Irvine

  3. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  6. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Pinti, D.L. (2022). Trona. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5163-2

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    Trona
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    16 November 2021

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5163-2

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