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...
- most common marine evaporites are calcite, gypsum and anhydrite, halite, sylvite, carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, and kainite. Kieserite (MgSO4) may...
- 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...
- occurs with a sequence of pot****ium and magnesium evaporite minerals: sylvite, kainite, picromerite, polyhalite, and kieserite. Carnallite is an uncommon...
- found in evaporite sequences ****ociated with gypsum, anhydrite, halite, sylvite, carnallite, kainite and hilgardite. It was first described in 1789 for...
- and in guano deposits. It occurs ****ociated with thenardite, jarosite, sylvite and hematite in fumaroles; with blödite, syngenite, mirabilite, picromerite...
- 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...
- temperature of the original fluid. If minute crystals, such as halite, sylvite, hematite or sulfides, are present in the inclusion, they provide direct...
- marine evaporite deposits in ****ociation with carnallite, halite, and sylvite. It was first described in 1891 for an occurrence in Wilhelmshall, Halberstadt...