aplowite
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Aplowite is a very rare mineral with the formula CoSO4•4H2O, a naturally occurring cobalt(II) sulfate tetrahydrate. It is the lower hydrate when compared to bieberite (heptahydrate) and moorhouseite (hexahydrate), and a higher hydrate when compared to cobaltkieserite (monohydrate). It occurs together with moorhouseite within efflorescences.
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 7.CB.15
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 7.CB.15
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- Aplowite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Apw
- chemical formula
- Co(SO₄)·4H₂O
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VI/C.02
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Aplowite is a very rare mineral with the formula CoSO4•4H2O, a naturally occurring cobalt(II) sulfate tetrahydrate. It is the lower hydrate when compared to bieberite (heptahydrate) and moorhouseite (hexahydrate), and a higher hydrate when compared to cobaltkieserite (monohydrate). It occurs together with moorhouseite within efflorescences.
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