Solid phase
- Official name
- Magnesium(II) sulfate dihydrate
- Secondary names
- Magnesium sulphate dihydrate
- Family
- ionic solid
- Class
- normal salt
- Compound type
- sulfate
- Comments
- Magnesium sulfate dihydrate occurs as a mineral: Sanderite
- Formula
- Mg2+⋅SO2−4∙2H2O
- Chemical formula
- MgSO4•2H2O
- Elemental formula
- (Mg2+) S O4 (O-)2 H4
- Isotope mixture type
- terrestrial abundance
- Class
- normal salts (07)
- Type
- hydrated simple normal salts (07.04)
- Equivalent mineral
- Sanderite
- Phase type
- crystalline
- Crystal system
- orthorhombic
- Crystal class
- disphenoidal
- Crystal class symbol
- 222 (D2)
- Crystal spacegroup
- P2(1)2(1)2(1)
- Molar mass
- 156.40 g/mol
- Density
- 2.37 g/cm^3
- State NTP
- solid
- Refringence type
- biaxial
- Refringence sign
- unknown
- Pure color
- colorless
- Color
- colorless, white
- Diaphaneity
- transparent to translucent
- Luster
- vitreous