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What does sylvite mean?

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  1. (mineralogy) A saline evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.
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In association with our work with the American Chemical Society, we have developed a field procedure for distinguishing halite from sylvite.
Water decomposes kainite to epsomite and sylvite.
Sylvite, also called sylvine, is a major source of potassium or potash used in fertilizer products.
It occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite and in combination with sodium chloride as sylvinite.
When the solution reaches one-tenth the volume of the original, more soluble minerals like sylvite and halite form.
The most common minerals of chlorine are halite, or rock salt, sylvite, and carnallite.

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