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A source of potassium salts
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kainite
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Kainite \Kai"nite\, n. [Gr. ? recent.] (Min.) A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.
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n. (context mineralogy English) A saline evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula magnesiumsulfuroxygen 4 '''·'''potassiumchlorine'''·'''3water, found in German salt mines.
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n. a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer
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Kainite (KMg(SO)Cl·3HO) is an evaporite mineral in the class of "Sulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, with HO" according to the Nickel-Strunz classification . It is a hydrated potassium-magnesium sulfate-chloride, naturally occurring in irregular ...
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To the substances used for treating brewing liquors already mentioned we may add kainite, a naturally deposited composite salt containing potassium and magnesium sulphates and magnesium chloride.