Sylvinite
Sylvinite (also sylvinohalite ) is a potash rock , which mainly consists of the mineral sylvin (KCl) with small amounts of halite (NaCl).
etymology
Sylvinit was named after the doctor Franciscus Sylvius .
properties
Sylvinite is very hygroscopic , often has a red color and usually occurs together with kieserite , anhydrite and rock salt.
For the educational conditions and locations, see Sylvin # Bildung und Fundorte .
See also
- Silwinit - a former Russian potash mining company.
literature
- Rudolf Graubner: Lexicon of geology, minerals and rocks . Emil Vollmer Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-87876-327-1 , p. 374 .
- Arnold Hollemann, Egon Wiberg: Textbook of Inorganic Chemistry . verb. u. strong adult Ed. Walter de Gruyter, 1985, ISBN 978-3-11-007511-3 , pp. 944, 945 (edited by Nils Wiberg).
Web links
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