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Bischofite is a hydrous magnesium chloride mineral with formula MgCl2·6H2O. It belongs to halides and is a sea salt concentrate. It contains many macro- and micro-elements vital for human health, in much higher concentrations than can be found in sea or ocean salt. The main bischofite compound is magnesium chloride (up to 350 g/L), moreover, it contains about 70 other elements as impurities, including potassium, sodium, bromine, boron, calcium, silicon, molybdenum, silver, zinc, iron and copper.

Key facts

Mineral.name
Bischofite
Mineral.category
Halide mineral
Mineral.image
Bischofite - Antofagasta.JPG
Mineral.caption
Bischofite from Antofagasta, Chile
Mineral.formula
MgCl2·6H2O
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Bsf
Mineral.strunz
3.BB.15
Mineral.dana
09.02.09.01
Mineral.system
Monoclinic
Mineral.class
Prismatic (2/m) (same H-M symbol)
Mineral.symmetry
C2/m
Mineral.color
Colorless to white
Mineral.habit
Fibrous to massive
Mineral.twinning
polysynthetic
Mineral.cleavage
None
Mineral.fracture
Conchoidal to uneven
Mineral.mohs
1.5–2
Mineral.luster
Vitreous – greasy

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Wikidata facts

Named after
Gustav Bischof
Image
Bischofite - Antofagasta.JPG
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Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
III/A.09
Commons category
Bischofite
chemical formula
MgCl₂·6H₂O
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
3.BB.15
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
3.BB.15
type locality (geology)
Staßfurt
streak color
white
IMA Mineral Symbol
Bsf
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Article · العربية

بيشوفيت هو معدن من معادن الهاليدات يحوي على فلز المغنسيوم في تركيبه، وهو معدن كلوريد المغنسيوم المائي MgCl2·6H2O سمي المعدن على شرف الجيولوجي الألماني (Gustav Bischof) الذي هاش في الفترة ما بين 1792–1870؛ في حين أن الاكتشاف ينسب إلى كارل كريستيان أوكسنيوس Carl-Christian Ochsenius سنة 1877.

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