# Stercorite

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{{short description|Phosphate mineral}}
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| name        = Stercorite <ref>{{cite web|title=Stercorite|url=http://www.mindat.org/min-3765.html|work=Mindat.org|accessdate=23 March 2011}}</ref> 
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| category    = [Phosphate minerals](/source/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
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| system      = [Triclinic](/source/Triclinic)
| class       = Pinacoidal ({{Overline|1}}) <br/><small>(same [H-M symbol](/source/H-M_symbol))</small>
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| density     = 1.615 g/cm<sup>3</sup>
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'''Stercorite''' is the mineral form of [microcosmic salt](/source/microcosmic_salt). The name comes from the [Latin](/source/Latin) "stercus", meaning dung, since the mineral was originally discovered among [guano](/source/guano).

==References==
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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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