jarosite
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Etymology
[edit]After the place Jaroso ravine in Spain, named in 1852.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]jarosite (countable and uncountable, plural jarosites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Jarosite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “jarosite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997