MINERAL SPECIMEN OF CRYSTALINE TRONA FROM GREEN RIVER WYOMING
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THIS IS A LARGE SPECIMEN OF MASSIVE CRYSTALINE TRONA ORE WITH NO MATRIX. THE SPECIMEN IS APPROXIMATELY 11 X 9 X 4.5 cm. IT WEIGHS 509.8 gm. THE SPECIMEN IS FROM THE GENERAL CHEMICAL MINE, NEAR LITTLE AMERICA, SWEETWATER CO., WYOMING. THE GENERAL CHEMICAL MINE IS ONE OF THE FIVE LARGE TRONA MINES STILL OPERATING IN THE GREEN RIVER BASIN TODAY. THE SPECIMEN IS MASSIVE, CRYSTALLINE TRONA. THE SPECIMEN DISPLAYS WELL AND WAS COLLECTED IN 1989. THE TRONA S...PECIMEN EXHIBITS A SLIGHT WINE COLOR DUE TO HYDROCARBON INCLUSIONS IN THE TRONA, WHICH IS QUITE COMMON IN THE GREEN RIVER BASIN. TRONA IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF SODIUM CARBONATE USED IN DISH-WASHING COMPOUNDS AND GLASS MANUFACTURING AMONG OTHER USES. SEE PICTURES. I WILL COMBINE SHIPPING WHEN POSSIBLE. THANKS FOR LOOKING.
THIS SPECIMEN COMES FROM ONE OF THE VERY THIN BEDS OF TRONA ABOVE THE MAIN BED THAT IS BEING MINED. MINED TRONA THAT IS USED FOR SODA ASH PRODUCTION IS GENERALLY COARSE, CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL FROM A MASSIVE TRONA BED. THIN SEAMS, LIKE THIS SPECIMEN, WERE ENCOUNTERED IN SHAFT SINKING AND THEREFORE SPECIMENS OF THIS TYPE OF CRYSTALLINE TRONA ARE NOT AS READILY AVAILABLE AS THE MASSIVE, COARSE CRYSTALLINE TRONA.
THIS SPECIMEN COMES FROM ONE OF THE VERY THIN BEDS OF TRONA ABOVE THE MAIN BED THAT IS BEING MINED. MINED TRONA THAT IS USED FOR SODA ASH PRODUCTION IS GENERALLY COARSE, CRYSTALLINE MATERIAL FROM A MASSIVE TRONA BED. THIN SEAMS, LIKE THIS SPECIMEN, WERE ENCOUNTERED IN SHAFT SINKING AND THEREFORE SPECIMENS OF THIS TYPE OF CRYSTALLINE TRONA ARE NOT AS READILY AVAILABLE AS THE MASSIVE, COARSE CRYSTALLINE TRONA.
