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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous iron sulphate, occurring in crystalline scales of a sulphur-yellow color. Also called
yellow copperas and misy.
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- noun mineralogy A
basic ferric sulfate mineral found inoxidized iron sulfide deposits, with thechemical formula Fe 2+Fe3+4(S O 4)6(OH )2·20H2O.
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•Lonia Friedlander, Washington University, St. Louis; home: Akron, Ohio; majors, chemistry and earth and planetary science; research on the stability of copiapite-group minerals.
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