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vanthoffite

vanthoffite noun: a monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

Noun

vanthoffite (uncountable)

  1. (minerals) A monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
    • The principal changes which have taken place in the deposits are those of kieserite and rock salt into vanthoffite and loewite, and of carnallite into sylvite. The vanthoffite crystals are almost pure.1914, Journal of the Chemical Society, Volume 106, Part 2, page 376
    • At high temperatures there is a separation of the “thermophile” salts, halite, anhydrite, thenardite, bloedite, vanthoffite, loeweite, kainite, and langbeinite, which have a negative coefficient of solubility.1968, Robert Kühn, Geochemistry of the German Potash Deposits, Richard B. Mattox (editor), Saline Deposits: A Symposium based on Papers from the International Conference on Saline Deposits, Houton...

Origin of vanthoffite

From Dutch Vanthoff + -ite, named for Dutch physical chemist and Nobel Prize winner Jacobus Hendricus van 't Hoff, Jr (1852-1911).

Questions about vanthoffite

What does vanthoffite mean?
Vanthoffite means a monoclinic-prismatic colorless mineral containing magnesium, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.
What part of speech is vanthoffite?
Vanthoffite is a noun.

Words near vanthoffite in the dictionary

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  3. vantguard
  4. vantguards
  5. Vanth
  6. vanthoffite
  7. Vantine
  8. Vantines
  9. Vantrease
  10. Vantreases
  11. Vantroba

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