kieserite

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K0057300 (kē′zə-rīt′)n. A whitish to yellowish hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral, MgSO₄·H₂O, found in salt residues.

[After Dietrich Georg Kieser (1779-1862), German physician.]

kieserite

(ˈkiːzəˌraɪt) n (Minerals) a white mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium sulphate. Formula: MgSO4.H2O[C19: named after Dietrich G. Kieser (died 1862), German physician; see -ite¹]

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kieserite - a white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt minesmineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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Kieserite

kieserite

[′kē·zə‚rīt] (mineralogy) MgSO₄·H₂O A white mineral that crystallizes in the monoclinic system, is composed of hydrous magnesium sulfate, and occurs in saline residues.

Kieserite

(after the German scientist D. G. Kieser, 1779–1856), a mineral of the sulfate class, chemical composition, Mg[SO₄] · H₂O, containing 29.0 percent MgO.

Kieserite crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Crystals are rare; compact fine-grained aggregates are more usual. Kieserite is milky white, sometimes yellowish, in color. Its hardness is 3.5 on the mineralogical scale; its density, 2,570 kg per cu m. The mineral is brittle and readily soluble in water. The taste is bitter. Kieserite is a typical mineral in fossil salt deposits (more rarely, in modern salt-lake sediments), where it is formed chiefly as a result of the metamorphism and dehydration of the mineral epsomite. Kieserite is used, along with other magnesium sulfates, in the chemical, textile, and paper industries and in medicine.

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noun a white mineral consisting of hydrous magnesium sulfate often found in salt mines

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