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Zinc sulfate is an inorganic compound: the sulfate salt of zinc and a good source of zinc ions. The molecular 40 formula for zinc sulfate is ZnSO4. A graphic representation of the structure of zinc sulfate is shown in figure 1 41 (Pubchem, 2014). Zinc sulfate appears geologically as a white crumbly salt efflorescence known as “goslarite.” 42 Goslarite, the heptahydrate of zinc sulfate was first extracted from the mines of the Rammelsburg, a mountain 43 south of German town of Goslar, and first characterized chemically in 1845 (ZnSO4∙7H2O―Schuiling, 1992; 44 Haidinger, 1845). Goslarite is frequently found near mining sites. Because certain sulfate compounds can 45