Definition of Sylvite. Meaning of Sylvite. Synonyms of Sylvite

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Definition of Sylvite

Sylvite
Sylvine Syl"vine, Sylvite Syl"vite, n. [So called from NL. sal digestivus sylvii potassium chloride.] (Min.) Native potassium chloride.

Meaning of Sylvite from wikipedia

- Sylvite, or sylvine, is pot****ium chloride (KCl) in natural mineral form. It forms crystals in the isometric system very similar to normal rock salt,...
- be known as E number additive E508. It occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite, which is named after salt's historical designations sal degistivum Sylvii...
- occurs with a sequence of pot****ium and magnesium evaporite minerals: sylvite, kainite, picromerite, polyhalite, and kieserite. Carnallite is an uncommon...
- most common marine evaporites are calcite, gypsum and anhydrite, halite, sylvite, carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, and kainite. Kieserite (MgSO4) may...
- contains 5% pot****ium, which is well above the average in the Earth's crust. Sylvite (KCl), carnallite (KCl·MgCl2·6H2O), kainite (MgSO4·KCl·3H2O) and langbeinite...
- Some chloride-containing minerals include halite (sodium chloride NaCl), sylvite (pot****ium chloride KCl), bischofite (MgCl2∙6H2O), carnallite (KCl∙MgCl2∙6H2O)...
- silt range Sylvinite – Sedimentary rock made of a mechanical mixture of sylvite and halite Tillite – Till which has been indurated or lithified by burial...
- than normal table salt (NaCl). The pure minerals are called halite and sylvite; a physical mixture of the two is referred to as sylvinite. Because minerals...
- Strontium titanate Sulfur Sugilite Bustamite (var.) Richterite (var.) Sylvite Taaffeite Talc Tantalite Tektites Moldavite Tephroite Thomsonite Thaumasite...
- Sylvinite is a sedimentary rock made of a mechanical mixture of the minerals sylvite (KCl, or pot****ium chloride) and halite (NaCl, or sodium chloride). Sylvinite...