Definitions For Epsomite

Noun

EPSOMITE. (countable and uncountable, plural EPSOMITEs) (mineral) A saline evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate, also found in fumaroles, with the chemical formula magnesium, mgsulfur, soxygen, o4·7water, h2o.

Synonyms

Epsom salts

Etymology

epsom + ite, named after the place Epsom in England in 1824.<ref>Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997</ref><ref>James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951</ref>

Anagrams

epistome, epitomes

Is Epsomite a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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The word Epsomite is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

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