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Kieserite

Kie′ser-ite

,
Noun.
[Named after
Prof.
Kieser
, of Jena.]
(Min.)
Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony.

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kieserite

kieserite

See also: kiesérite

English

Powdered kieserite

Noun

kieserite (countable and uncountable, plural kieserites)

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

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  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997