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Sylvite

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Noun
  1. 1
    An evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds wordnet

Etymology

After the surname of Dutch scientist Franciscus Sylvius + -ite.

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