English

Jarosite

Noun

jarosite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural jarosites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, KFe₃³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.

Derived terms

• ammoniojarosite
• natrojarosite
• plumbojarosite

1. ↑ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951
2. ↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997