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Moorhouseite

Year of discovery: 1965 (Walton mine, Canada), 2015 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of moorhouseite

• CoSO₄,6H₂O
• (Co,Ni,Mn)SO₄,6H₂O
• [Co(H₂O)₆]²⁺[SO₄]^2-

• Class: Hexahydrite group
• Class: Sulfate - Hydrate
• Formed on dehydration of Bieberite.

• Co => Fe: Ferrohexahydrite
• Co => Ni: Nickelhexahydrite, Retgersite
• Co => Zn: Bianchite
• Co => Mg: Hexahydrite
• Co => Mn: Chvaleticeite

• 6H₂O => H₂O: Cobaltkieserite
• 6H₂O => 4H₂O: Aplowite
• 6H₂O => 7H₂O: Bieberite

• Color: Pink
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Cleavage: Indistinct
• Hardness: 2.5
• Density: 2.0

• System: Monoclinic
• Group: 2/m, C2/c
• Lattice: a=10.0, b=7.2, c=24.3, β=98.3