moorhouseite
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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.
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CB.25
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CB.25
- streak color
- white
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Mh
- chemical formula
- (Co,Ni,Mn)SO₄ * 6H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.03b
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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.
==Notes on chemistry== Relatively high amounts of nickel and manganese were reported, with trace amounts of copper and iron.
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