page_title: Chalybeate
hierarchical_section_title: Chalybeate
caption_attribution_description: English: Mineral Stains, Rosedale Cliffs The water contains salts of iron and are also known chalybeate or ferruginous waters. Up to the mid nineteenth century it would have been thought to have health-giving properties.
context_page_description: Chalybeate waters, also known as ferruginous waters, are mineral spring waters containing salts of iron.
context_section_description: Chalybeate (/kəˈlɪbieɪt/) waters, also known as ferruginous waters, are mineral spring waters containing salts of iron.
caption: Mineral stains, Rosedale Cliffs – marks caused by chalybeate waters
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