Our cobalt sulphate shows up as red monoclinic gems that liquify over 100 °C as well as wind up plainly anhydrous at the temperature of 250 °C. This is solvent in water, marginally dissolvable in ethanol, and in addition, particularly dissolvable in methanol. Further, the salts are magnetic in nature.

It makes by the response of metallic cobalt, the hydroxide, carbonate or oxide of it with watery sulfuric acid.

In addition, hexahydrate is aaquo complex of metal comprising of octahedral particles related with sulfate anions.