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morenosite Min.|mɒˈrɛnəʊsaɪt, mɔərɛˈnəʊzaɪt|
[ad. Sp. morenosita (D. A. Casares 1851, in Revista Minera II. 176), f. the name of Moreno, 19th-cent. Spaniard: see -ite1.]
A hydrated nickel sulphate, NiSO4·7(or 6·5)H2O, which occurs as green orthorhombic crystals and is formed by the oxidation of nickeliferous sulphides.
1868J. D. Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 5) 648 (heading) Morenosite. 1901M. F. Heddle Mineral. Scotl. I. 24 [Millerite occurs] with rosettes of brilliant green Morenosite in Mesitine Spar. 1949Amer. Mineralogist XXXIV. 193 On standing in the open in dry air, crystals of morenosite generally dehydrate rapidly to the tetragonal hexahydrate, retgersite. 1962Mineral. Abstr. XV. 458/2 The Valtournache morenosite with 6·5 H2O has the same structure as NiSO4·7H2O. |