sylvite

English

Sylvite

Etymology

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

Noun

sylvite (countable and uncountable, plural sylvites)

(mineralogy) An 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

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sylvite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“sylvite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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