Moorhouseite is a rare mineral with the formula CoSO4•6H2O, a naturally occurring cobalt(II) sulfate hexahydrate.
It is the lower-hydrate-equivalent of bieberite (heptahydrate) and aplowite (hexahydrate).
It occurs together with moorhouseite within efflorescences found in the Magnet Cove Barium Corporation mine in Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
[8] Analysis of synthetic analogue of moorhouseite revealed, that its structure may be described as containing:[9]
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