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Salammoniac, Sal Ammoniac

Year of discovery: 1846 (World), 1914 (Japan)

Locality list: 11 localities of salammoniac

• NH₄Cl
• [NH₄⁺][Cl]^-

• Class: Ammonium - Chloride
• Soluble in: Water
• Taste: Saline

• NH₄ => Na: Halite
• NH₄ => K: Sylvite
• NH₄ => Ag: Chloraragyrite
• NH₄ => Cu: Nantokite
• NH₄ => Tl: Lafossaite
• NH₄ => Hg: Calomel

• Color: Colorless, White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Cleavage: Imperfect on {111} (4 planes), Parting on {011} (3 planes)
• Hardness: 1-2
• Density: 1.5

• System: Cubic
• Group: 432
• Lattice: a=3.9