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Ore mineral

Trona

The natural soda-ash mineral. Where it is mined, synthetic soda ash cannot compete on cost.

Trona - USGS Mineral Specimens 1115 · Andrew Silver · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

What it is

The natural soda-ash mineral. Where it is mined, synthetic soda ash cannot compete on cost.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Soda Ash	Natural source	—

Soda Ash

Sodium carbonate, mined from trona rock or made from salt, and the second ingredient in almost every sheet of glass.

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