History
Tutton salts are sometimes called Schonites after the naturally occurring mineral called Schönite (K2Mg(SO4)2(H2O)6). They are named for A. E. H. Tutton, who identified and characterised a large range of these salts around 1900.
Such salts were of historical importance because they were obtainable in high purity and served as reliable reagents and spectroscopic standards.
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