{{short description|Phosphate mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Stercorite <ref>{{cite web|title=Stercorite|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-3765.html|work=Mindat.org|accessdate=23 March 2011}}</ref> | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | category = Phosphate minerals | formula = (NH<sub>4</sub>)NaHPO<sub>4</sub> | IMAsymbol = Stc<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref> | molweight = 137.0077 g/mol | strunz = 8.CJ.05 | dana = | system = Triclinic | class = Pinacoidal ({{Overline|1}}) <br/><small>(same H-M symbol)</small> | symmetry = ''P''{{Overline|1}} | unit cell = | color = | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = 2 | luster = Vitreous | streak = | diaphaneity = Transparent | gravity = | density = 1.615 g/cm<sup>3</sup> | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = {{convert|79|C|F}} | fusibility = Fusible | diagnostic = | solubility = Water soluble | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = | var1 = | var1text = | var2 = | var2text = | var3 = | var3text = | var4 = | var4text = | var5 = | var5text = | var6 = | var6text = }}
'''Stercorite''' is the mineral form of microcosmic salt. The name comes from the Latin "stercus", meaning dung, since the mineral was originally discovered among guano.
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Category:Phosphate minerals Category:Sodium minerals Category:Ammonium minerals Category:Triclinic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 2
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