English Explanatory Dictionary

polyhalite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.

Word forms

polyhalite polyhalites

Etymology

From German Polyhalit, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) + Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) + -ite. Polyhalite is unrelated to halite other than name.

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