(mineralogy) Synonym of nitratine.
Nitratine – Nitrate minerals – NaNO₃ – Ntt – 5.NA.05 (10th edition) – 5/A.01-10 (8th edition) – Trigonal – Hexagonal scalenohedral (3m) – R3c (no. 167) – A = 5.06 Å, c = 16.82 Å; Z = 6 – 84.99 g/mol – Colorless, white, gray, yellowish, brownish – Granular – Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix; massive – Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses – {1011} Perfect – Sectile – curved shavings or scrapings produced by a knife blade – 1.5 – 2 – Vitreous (glassy) – White – Transparent – 2.26 – Uniaxial (−) – Nω = 1.580 – 1.587 nε = 1.330 – 1.336 – Δ = 0.250–0.251 – Readily soluble in water – Slightly deliquescent.