kieserite

See also: kiesérite

English
Powdered kieserite

Etymology

Kieser +‎ -ite. After the German D. G. Kieser (1779-1862) in 1860.[1]

Noun

kieserite (countable and uncountable, plural kieserites)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of hydrated magnesium sulphate

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Further reading
  • “Kieserite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “kieserite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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