Botryogen, MgFe(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O, contains an infinite hydroxy-bridged chain of ferric iron ions which cause strong pleochroism with intensity enhancement of the spin-forbidden ligand field absorption bands when the E-vector of the incident light is aligned with the direction of the Fe-OH-Fe chain.
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