[Named (1861), after D. G. Kieser, of Jena.] Hydrous Hydrous magnesium sulphate, usually occurring in fine, granular, white masses, in the salt-mines at Stassfurt in Prussia and elsewhere. Used in making Epsom Salts, and in the manufacture of potash salts.
1862. Amer. Jrnl. Sc., Ser. II. XXXIV. 214.
1875. Ure’s Dict. Arts, III. 17. Kieserite appears likely to prove a valuable accession to our … useful minerals.
1876. Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., xvi. The kieserite is in beds from 9 to 12 inches thick.
