Common Nitrate Minerals Soda Niter–NaNO3 Niter–KNO3 The links above will take you to the Mineral Gallery website (http://www.galleries.com).

The dominant building block of this mineral class is the NO3– triangle. The class is composed of two minerals. The largest soda niter on record is 0.174 meters in height.

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Mineral Groups