Category Sulfate mineral Strunz classification 7.CB.25 Space group C2/c | Formula
(repeating unit) CoSO4•6H2O Crystal system Monoclinic | |
Crystal class Prismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol) | ||
Moorhouseite is a rare mineral with the formula CoSO4•6H2O, a naturally occurring cobalt(II) sulfate hexahydrate. It is the lower-hydrate-equivalent of bieberite (heptahydrate) and aplowite (hexahydrate). It is also hydrated equivalent of cobaltkieserite. It occurs together with moorhouseite within efflorescences found in the Magnet Cove Barium Corporation mine in Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Crystal structure
Analysis of synthetic analogue of moorhouseite revealed, that its structure may be described as containing:
References
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