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Moorhouseite

moorhouseite

Co(SO4)(H2O)6

Moorhouseite: Mineral information, data and localities.

Moorhouseite: Mineral information, data and localities. — via www.mindat.org · Source

Overview

Moorhouseite is a rare mineral with the formula CoSO4•6H2O, a naturally occurring cobalt(II) sulfate hexahydrate. It is the lower-hydrate-equivalent of bieberite (heptahydrate) and aplowite (hexahydrate). It is also hydrated equivalent of cobaltkieserite. It occurs together with moorhouseite within efflorescences found in the Magnet Cove Barium Corporation mine in Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Scientific references

  1. Moorhouseite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3862788 Link
  2. Moorhouseite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorhouseite Link