Min. [f. Gr. ἐξανθ-έειν (see EXANTHEMA) + ἄλ-ς salt + -OSE. (First used in Fr. by Beudant Minéral. (1832) II. 475.)] (See quots.)
1837. R. Allan, Phillips’ Min., 198. Exantholose.
1844. Dana, Min., 221. Ibid. (1868), 637. Exanthalose … is a white efflorescence, such as results from the exposure to the air of glauber salt.
1882. Watts, Dict. Chem., II. 613. Exanthalose. Native sulphate of sodium.
