carnallite

English
Carnallite

Etymology

Named after the mineralogist Von Carnall (1804-74), +‎ -ite.

Noun

carnallite (countable and uncountable, plural carnallites)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite composed of a mixture of potassium chloride and magnesium chloride, with the chemical formula KMgCl3·6H2O.

Further reading
  • “Carnallite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “carnallite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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