Definition of Melanterite. Meaning of Melanterite. Synonyms of Melanterite

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Definition of Melanterite

Melanterite
Melanterite Me*lan"ter*ite, n. (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.

Meaning of Melanterite from wikipedia

- Melanterite is a mineral form of hydrous iron(II) sulfate: FeSO4·7H2O. It is the iron analogue of the copper sulfate chalcanthite. It alters to siderotil...
- (mineral: rozenite, white, relatively common, may be dehydration product of melanterite, monoclinic) FeSO4·5H2O (mineral: siderotil, relatively rare, triclinic)...
- replacement of the copper ion by either manganese as jokokuite, iron as melanterite, or magnesium as pentahydrite. Other names include blue stone, blue vitriol...
- glauconite, melanterite, and celadonite can also give soil a green color. Glauconite soils form from select marine sedimentary rocks, while melanterite soils...
- found in certain bodies of salt water. It occurs in ****ociation with melanterite, gypsum, halotrichite, pickeringite, alunogen, rozenite and mirabilite...
- Matlockite Maucherite Mawsonite Mckelveyite-(Y) Meionite Melanophlogite Melanterite Melilite Mellite Melonite Mendipite Mendozite Meneghinite Mereheadite...
- pyrite, marcasite, halotrichite, pickeringite, epsomite, potash alum, melanterite and gypsum. The crystallochemical formula, can be written as: [Al(H2O)6]2(SO4)3...
- R (February 2006). "Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO4·7H2O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste"...
- phosphate octahydrate, Fe3(PO4)2·8H2O Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate, Melanterite, FeSO4·7H2O Ferrous sulfide, Troilite, FeS Ferrous silicate, Ferrosilite...
- humidity at less than 21 °C (70 °F) as an alteration of copper-free melanterite, which is a post mine alteration product of pyrite or marcasite. It also...