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A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride
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sylvite
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WordNet
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n. a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds [syn: sylvine ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Sylvine \Syl"vine\, Sylvite \Syl"vite\, n. [So called from NL. sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride.] (Min.) Native potassium chloride.
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Sylvite , or sylvine , is potassium chloride (KCl) in natural mineral form. It forms crystals in the isometric system very similar to normal rock salt , halite ( NaCl ). The two are, in fact, isomorphous. Sylvite is colorless to white with shades of yellow ...
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n. (context mineralogy English) A saline evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride potassiumchlorine, also found in fumaroles.