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sylvite
[ sil-vahyt ]
noun
- a common mineral, potassium chloride, KCl, colorless to milky-white or red, occurring in crystals, usually cubes, and masses with cubic cleavage, bitter in taste: the most important source of potassium.
sylvite
/ ˈsɪlvaɪt; ˈsɪlviːn /
noun
- a soluble colourless, white, or coloured mineral consisting of potassium chloride in cubic crystalline form with sodium impurities: it occurs chiefly in sedimentary beds and is an important ore of potassium. Formula: KCl
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sylvite1
1965–70; < Latin ( sal digestīvus ) Sylvi ( ī ) digestive salt of Sylvius ( Sylvian fissure ) + -ite 1; replacing sylvine < French
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sylvite1
C19: sylvite, alteration of sylvine, from New Latin sal digestiva Sylvii digestive salt of Sylvius, after Franciscus Sylvius (died 1672), German anatomist. See -ite 1, -ine ²
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