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K0004000 (kī′nīt′, kā′-)n. A white, gray, pink, or black mineral, MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, used as a fertilizer and a source of potassium compounds.

[Greek kainos, new; see ken- in Indo-European roots + -ite.]

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(ˈkaɪnaɪt) n (Minerals) a white mineral consisting of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate: a fertilizer and source of potassium salts. Formula: KCl.MgSO4.3H2O[C19: from German Kainit, from Greek kainos new + -ite¹]

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(ˈkaɪ naɪt, ˈkeɪ-)

n. a mineral, hydrous magnesium sulfate and potassium chloride, occurring in granular masses: a source of potassium salts. [< German Kainit (1865) < Greek kain(ós) new, recent]

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kainite - a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizeratomic number 19, potassium, K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvitemineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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[′kī‚nīt] (mineralogy) MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O A white, gray, pink, or black monoclinic mineral, occurring in irregular granular masses; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium compounds.

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a mineral of the group of complex sulfates. Its chemical composition is RMg(SO₄)Cl.3H₂O. It crystallizes in a monoclinic system. It usually forms dense grainy masses; less frequently, tabular or prismatic crystals. The color is yellowish or whitish gray, sometimes reddish. Its hardness on the miner-alogical scale is 2.5–3.0, and its density is 2, 150 kg/m³. It dissolves readily in water and has a bitter salty taste.

Kainite is formed in salt-bearing beds when marine lagoonsand enclosed salty continental lakes rich in soluble sulfates dryup. Together with other potassium salts, it is found in the USSR (Kalush and Stebnik, Ukrainian SSR) and abroad (Stassfurt, GDR). It is used as a chemical potassium-sulfate fertilizer andin the production of mixed fertilizers.

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noun a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride

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