Abraum salts

Short description: Mixed deposit of salts in Germany

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."[1]

Abraum, which is red, is used to darken mahogany.[2]

## References

1. ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Abraum Salts". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 72.
2. ↑ Dictionary.com

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