English Explanatory Dictionary

sylvite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.

Word forms

sylvite sylvites

Etymology

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

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