sylvite

English

Sylvite

Etymology

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

Noun

sylvite (countable and uncountable, plural sylvites)

(mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride K Cl, also found in fumaroles.

Translations

saline evaporite

Catalan: silvina f
Esperanto: silvino
Finnish: sylviini, sylviitti
French: sylvine (fr) f
German: Sylvin m

Italian: silvite f
Portuguese: silvina (pt) f
Spanish: silvina (es) f

Further reading

“Sylvite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“sylvite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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