Abraum salts

Abraum salts

Abraum salts is the name given to a mixed deposit of salts, including halite (sodium chloride), carnallite, and kieserite (magnesium sulfate), found in association with rock salt at Aschersleben-Staßfurt in Germany. The term comes from the German "Abraum-salze", "salts to be removed."

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  • Abraum salts — Abraum A*braum or Abraum salts A*braum salts, n. [Ger., fr. abr[ a]umen to remove.] A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Abraum salts — noun a mixture of Carnallite, Kieserite and Sylvite found in Prussia; chemically, mixed sulphates and chlorides of potassium, sodium and calcium …   Wiktionary

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  • Abraum — A*braum or Abraum salts A*braum salts, n. [Ger., fr. abr[ a]umen to remove.] A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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