English Explanatory Dictionary

burkeite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evaporite, consisting of mixture of sodium carbonate and sodium sulphate with the chemical formula Na₆(CO₃)(SO₄)₂, found at Searles Lake, California.

Word forms

burkeite burkite

Etymology

From Burke + -ite, after William Edmund Burke.

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