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Mindat Short Description

Melanterite Group.

A secondary mineral formed by the oxidation of sulfide and arsenide ores containing cobalt. Often a post-mining product.

May dehydrate to moorhouseite.

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Haidinger W (1845) Erste Klasse: Akrogenide. IV. Ordnung. Salze. VII. Vitriolsalz. Bieberit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 487-492

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

Co(SO₄) · 7H₂O

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Co²⁺S⁶⁺O₄·7H₂O

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/bieberite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Bieberite.shtml