tachyhydrite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “quick”) + ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”).[1]

Noun

tachyhydrite (countable and uncountable, plural tachyhydrites)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of a mixed calcium and magnesium chloride, with the chemical formula CaMg2Cl6·12H2O.

Further reading
  • “Tachyhydrite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “tachyhydrite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
  1. James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944
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