بيشوفيت
Sign in to saveBischofite 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
- Subclass of
- halide class of minerals
- 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
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- 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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