Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Native Epsom salt, occasionally found as a delicate fibrous or capillary efflorescence on rocks, in the galleries of mines, upon the damp walls of cellars, etc. Also called hair-salt.
- n. See stylolite.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A saline evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate, also found in fumaroles, with the chemical formula MgSO4·7H2O.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
Etymologies
- Epsom + -ite, named after the place Epsom in England in 1824. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“As an entity, the caverns contain a matchless array of spectacular limestone formations: stalagmites, stalactites and the rarer epsomite needles, soda straws, cave pearls, and lily pads.”
Travel Guide: the Incredible Natural Landscapes in the U.S.A. (Part 1)
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...
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