mdze tshwa
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མཛེ་ཚྭ
(med) Mirabilite, Glauber's salt (Yeshi 2018)
Synonym : ya bag skar (Yeshi 2018)
mdze tshas khrag 'ju rma yi chu ser 'dren / zhes par mchog dman gnyis las / mchog ni brag las / tshur gyi sbu ba ltar chags pa byang tsha ltar dkar zhing dangs la tsha bro ba'o / dman pa ni / ya baksha ra'i 'og tu tsha zhun chags pa skya la sob pa slad med pa ste ya baksha ra rgas pa'o // (Shel gong shel phreng, pdf p 382.4)
Illustrations : 'Phrin Las (27_012) mdze tshwa
Glauber's salt (Sodium sulfate decahydrate Na2SO4 10H2O) is found in alcaline lake deposits, playas, and springs; as an efflorescence on clayey, alkalic soils. Often deposited from saline waters in cold seasons in sea sprays. Numerous sites in Tibet (mindat.org).
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 08:04, 26 February 2024 (EST)