Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous sulphate of iron, of a white or yellowish color, forming beds in a trachytic rock in the province of Coquimbo, Chili. Also called
white copperas .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy The
nonahydrate ofiron(III) sulfate .
Etymologies
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Coquimbo + -ite, after the province of Chile where it was found.
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