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JAROSITE

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 277 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAROSITE , a rare See also:

mineral See also:species consisting of hydrous See also:potassium and See also:aluminium sulphate, and belonging to the See also:group of isomorphous See also:rhombohedral minerals enumerated below: See also:Alunite K2 [Al(OH)O6 (SO4)4 Jarosite K2 [Fe(OH)2]6 (SO4)4 Natrojarosite . . . . Nat [Fe(OH)216 (SO4)4 Plumbojarosite Pb [Fe(OH)218 (SO4)4 serious See also:attention to the study of See also:anatomy. He lived at first in See also:Philadelphia, afterwards establishing himself in New See also:York, where he enjoyed See also:great popularity, though his conviviality and See also:eccentric mode of See also:life affected his See also:work. He visited See also:Baltimore, See also:Charleston and New See also:Orleans, entertaining much and See also:painting portraits of prominent See also:people, particularly in New Orleans, where See also:General See also:Andrew See also:Jackson was one of his sitters. He had for assistants at different times both See also:Sully and See also:Inman. He affected singularity in See also:dress and See also:manners, and his mots were the talk of the See also:day. But his work deteriorated, and he died in great poverty in New York See also:City. Examples of his painting are in the collection of the New York See also:Historical Society.

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