kainite

See also: Kainite and kaïnite

English

Etymology

From German Kainit, coined by Carl Friedrich Jacob Zincken, from Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikós, “new, recent”) + -it (-ite)

Noun

kainite (countable and uncountable, plural kainites)

  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO4·KCl·3H2O, found in German salt mines.

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

Italian

Noun

kainite f (plural kainiti)

  1. (mineralogy) kainite
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