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hexahydrite Min.|hɛksəˈhaɪdraɪt|
[f. hexahydr(ate + -ite1.]
The hexahydrate of magnesium sulphate, MgSO4·6H2O.
1911R. A. A. Johnston in Sum. Rep. Geol. Surv. Br. Dept. Mines 1910 (Canada) 257 As this is the first instance in which this salt has been recorded as occurring in a state of nature, this substance is entitled to be regarded as a new mineral, and the name hexahydrite is proposed for it, in allusion to the six molecules of water which enter into its composition. 1959Berry & Mason Mineralogy xiii. 437 In dry air at ordinary temperatures epsomite loses up to 1H2O, changing to hexahydrite. |