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sylvinite Min.|ˈsɪlvɪnaɪt|
[ad. G. sylvinit, f. G. sylvin sylvine: see -ite1.]
A commercial name for a mixture of sylvite and halite (the form in which sylvite commonly occurs).
1896A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 263 Sylvinite, the commercial name for sylvite. 1962Economist 31 Mar. 1274/3 The D'Arcy Exploration Company..found..potash-bearing brine and sylvinite (a mixture of potassium chloride and salt) in a boring near Whitby. 1980H. Blatt et al. Origin Sedimentary Rocks (ed. 2) xv. 558 Sylvinite is composed of sylvite (KCI) and halite (NaCl). |