Shortite

{{Infobox mineral

| name = Shortite

| boxbgcolor =#b0ab57

| image = Shortite-20224.jpg

| imagesize = 260px

| category = Carbonate minerals

| formula = Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃

| IMAsymbol = Sot{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free}}

| strunz = 5.AC.25

| system = Orthorhombic

| class = Pyramidal (mm2)
H-M symbol: (mm2)

| symmetry = Amm2

| colour =Colourless, light yellow, light green

|lustre=Vitreous| cleavage =Distinct/good

on {010}

| fracture =Conchoidal

| mohs =3

| diaphaneity =Transparent

| gravity =2.6

| density =2.6

| opticalprop =Biaxial (−)

| refractive =n_α = 1.531 n_β = 1.555 n_γ = 1.570

| birefringence =0.039

| dispersion =r < v moderate

}}

Shortite is a sodium-calcium carbonate mineral, with the chemical formula Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃. It was discovered by J. J. Fahey in well cuttings from the Green River Formation, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, US, and was named to honor Maxwell N. Short (1889–1952), Professor of Mineralogy, University of Arizona.

Shortite is associated with commercial trona ores, and some care must be taken when beneficiating crude trona to avoid contamination with shortite.McKetta, John J. (1995) "Slurry Systems, Instrumentation to Solid–Liquid Separation", Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, {{ISBN|0-8247-2602-2}}