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Potassium chloride mineral
Sylvite, or sylvine, is potassium chloride (KCl) in natural mineral form. It forms crystals in the isometric system very similar to normal rock salt,
Sylvite
Potassium compound and alternative to salt
be known as E number additive E508. It occurs naturally as the mineral sylvite, which is named after the salt's historical designations sal degistivum
Potassium_chloride
Sedimentary rock made of a mechanical mixture of sylvite and halite
Sylvinite is a sedimentary rock made of a mechanical mixture of the minerals sylvite (KCl, or potassium chloride) and halite (NaCl, or sodium chloride). Sylvinite
Sylvinite
Evaporite mineral
occurs with a sequence of potassium and magnesium evaporite minerals: sylvite, kainite, picromerite, polyhalite, and kieserite. Carnallite is an uncommon
Carnallite
Water-soluble mineral deposit formed by evaporation from an aqueous solution
most common marine evaporites are calcite, gypsum and anhydrite, halite, sylvite, carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, and kainite. Kieserite (MgSO4) may
Evaporite
Chemical element with atomic number 19 (K)
contains 5% potassium, which is well above the average in the Earth's crust. Sylvite (KCl), carnallite (KCl·MgCl2·6H2O), kainite (MgSO4·KCl·3H2O), and langbeinite
Potassium
Strontium titanate Sulfur Sugilite Bustamite (var.) Richterite (var.) Sylvite Taaffeite Talc Tantalite Tektites Moldavite Tephroite Thomsonite Thaumasite
List_of_gemstones_by_species
Chemical compound
chloride occurs naturally as impurities in carnallite (up to 0.002%), sylvite and kainite. Less than 20 tonnes of CsCl is produced annually worldwide
Caesium_chloride
Mineral known as rock salt
contain anhydrite, gypsum, and native sulfur, in addition to halite and sylvite. They are common along the Gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana and are often
Halite
Potassium magnesium sulfate mineral
marine evaporite deposits in association with carnallite, halite, and sylvite. It was first described in 1891 for an occurrence in Wilhelmshall, Halberstadt
Langbeinite
NPK and other labeling conventions for fertilizer
83 × 20 = 17% elemental potassium. As another example, the fertilizer sylvite is a naturally occurring mineral consisting mostly of potassium chloride
Labeling_of_fertilizer
silt range Sylvinite – Sedimentary rock made of a mechanical mixture of sylvite and halite Tillite – Till which has been indurated or lithified by burial
List_of_rock_types
Main anion present in sea water
Some chloride-containing minerals include halite (sodium chloride NaCl), sylvite (potassium chloride KCl), bischofite (MgCl2∙6H2O), carnallite (KCl∙MgCl2∙6H2O)
Chloride
Province in Southwest China
Besides, reserves of germanium, indium, zirconium, platinum, rock salt, sylvite, nickel, phosphate, mirabilite, arsenic and blue asbestos are also high
Yunnan
Liquid and/or gas trapped within a crystal
temperature of the original fluid. If minute crystals, such as halite, sylvite, hematite or sulfides, are present in the inclusion, they provide direct
Fluid_inclusion
Magnesium borate mineral
found in evaporite sequences associated with gypsum, anhydrite, halite, sylvite, carnallite, kainite and hilgardite. It was first described in 1789 for
Boracite
Salt mixture
a naturally occurring mixture of potassium chloride (KCl; mineral name sylvite) and sodium chloride (NaCl; mineral name halite), more commonly known as
Potash
Sursassite Susannite Sussexite Svanbergite Sweetite Switzerite Sylvanite Sylvite Synchysite-(Ce) Syngenite Szenicsite Varieties that are not valid species:
List_of_minerals
Minerals with a dominant fluoride, chloride, bromide, or iodide anion
Lautarite Ca(IO3)2 Marshite CuI Miersite AgI Nantokite CuCl Sal Ammoniac NH4Cl Sylvite KCl Terlinguaite Hg2OCl Tolbachite CuCl2 Villiaumite NaF Yttrocerite (Ca
Halide_mineral
Group of highly reactive chemical elements
decomposition of sodium azide. Potassium occurs in many minerals, such as sylvite (potassium chloride). Previously, potassium was generally made from the
Alkali_metal
Ghost town in Afar Region, Ethiopia
to 1941. Between 1925 and 1929, an Italian company mined 25,000 tons of sylvite, averaging 70% KCl, which was transported by rail to Mersa Fatma. After
Dallol_(ghost_town)
Mineral mine in North Yorkshire, England
of potash, an agricultural fertiliser. The mined ore consists of 35–45% sylvite ("potash", specifically potassium chloride) and 45–55% halite (rock salt
Boulby_Mine
Crystalline chemical element or compound formed by geologic processes
examples of halides include halite (NaCl, table salt), sylvite (KCl), and fluorite (CaF2). Halite and sylvite commonly form as evaporites, and can be dominant
Mineral
Anhydrous carbonate mineral that is rich in potassium and sodium
Rift Valley. It occurs associated with nyerereite, alabandite, halite, sylvite, fluorite and calcite. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols"
Gregoryite
Group of chemical elements
that is most commonly mined for chlorine, but the minerals carnallite and sylvite are also mined for chlorine. Forty million metric tons of chlorine are
Halogen
Terrestrial hydrothermal system of Danakil Depression in northeastern Ethiopia
jarosite, hematite, akaganeite and other Fe-oxyhydroxides, gypsum, anhydrite, sylvite and carnallite. In October 2019, a French-Spanish team of scientists published
Dallol_(hydrothermal_system)
Chemical element with atomic number 55 (Cs)
for potassium as readily as rubidium does, the alkali evaporite minerals sylvite (KCl) and carnallite (KMgCl 3·6H 2O) may contain only 0.002% caesium. Consequently
Caesium
Low-sodium table salt alternative
carnallite (KMgCl3•6H2O) kainite (KCl•MgSO4•2H2O) langbeinite (K2Mg2(SO4)2) sylvite (KCl) – currently used polyhalite (K2MgCa2(SO4)4•2H2O) epsomite (MgSO 4·7H
Salt_substitute
Potassium sulfate mineral
and in guano deposits. It occurs associated with thenardite, jarosite, sylvite and hematite in fumaroles; with blödite, syngenite, mirabilite, picromerite
Aphthitalite
Rock formed by the deposition and cementation of particles
and rocks composed of evaporite minerals, such as halite (rock salt), sylvite, baryte and gypsum. This fourth miscellaneous category includes volcanic
Sedimentary_rock
Scientific study of minerals and mineralised artifacts
(halite) crystal structure is space group Fm3m; this structure is shared by sylvite (KCl), periclase (MgO), bunsenite (NiO), galena (PbS), alabandite (MnS)
Mineralogy
inclusion of one mineral within a larger mineral. An example is a bleb of sylvite within chlorite. Blebs tend to be brightly coloured. Kamenetsky VS et al
Bleb_(mineralogy)
Solution mining process for recovering certain dissolved metals
widely used to extract deposits of water-soluble salts such as potash (sylvite and carnallite), rock salt (halite), sodium chloride, and sodium sulfate
In_situ_leach
Sedimentary basin
important natural resources, including coal, petroleum, and minerals such as sylvite, halite, and barite. The Maritimes Basin was deposited and tectonically-modified
Maritimes_Basin
Natural mineral form of lead(II) chloride
ponomarevite, sofiite, burnsite, ilinskite, georgbokite, chloromenite, halite, sylvite and native gold. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols"
Cotunnite
Topics referred to by the same term
Farms Winery, a winery in New Jersey common name for potassium chloride Sylvite, potassium chloride in natural mineral form Sylvinite, ore mined for the
Sylvin
Rare potassium, copper sulfate mineral
sublimate phase in a fumarole environment. Associated minerals include halite, sylvite, langbeinite, tenorite, hematite, tolbachite, dolerophanite, urusovite
Piypite
Radiometric dating method used in geochronology
igneous rocks, various metamorphic rocks, and evaporite minerals (i.e. sylvite). Potassium has three naturally occurring isotopes: stable 39 K, 41 K and
K–Ca_dating
Mountain in the US state of Texas
Formation. As salt concentrations increased, laminated halite, anhydrite, sylvite, and polyhalite formed the Salado Formation, which eventually covered and
El_Capitan_(Texas)
absorbed uranium. Evaporite deposits may contain potassium minerals such as sylvite and carnallite. When this is the case, spectral gamma ray logging should
Gamma_ray_logging
Active volcano in Arusha Region, Tanzania
Chemical composition: The carbonatites contain a groundmass of fluorite and sylvite, while apatite, galena, magnetite, monticellite, sellaite, and sphalerite
Ol_Doinyo_Lengai
Syv Sarrabusite Sbs Senaite Sna Slavkovite Sav Stibiogoldfieldite Sbgf Sylvite Syl Sartorite Sat Senarmontite Sen Slawsonite Sws Stibiopalladinite Stpdn
List_of_mineral_symbols
Fertilizer manufacturing company based in Denver, Colorado, United States
miles (48 km) East of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The East facility produces sylvite and langbeinite potash, and is capable of fully processing its ore to the
Intrepid_Potash
Unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada
(~10-20 employees), processors of agricultural grain and corn products Sylvite Agri-Services (~5-10 employees), crop protection and fertilizer products
Blenheim,_Ontario
Municipality in Catalonia, Spain
disappeared. In 1945 the extraction of the rich layers of potassium salts (sylvite and carnallite) started, and today this remains a major employer, but many
Balsareny
List of IMA recognized minerals and groupings
discourages the use of this grouping, Mills et al. (2009)) Halite NaCl, Sylvite KCl, Villiaumite NaF, Carobbiite KF, Griceite LiF Chlorargyrite group Bromargyrite
Classification of non-silicate minerals
Classification_of_non-silicate_minerals
Minerals associated with abramovite at its type locality are wurtzite, sylvite, halite, galena, and anhydrite. Abramovite is a member of the cylindrite
Abramovite
Shortline freight railway based in London, Ontario, Canada
Refrigerated Services, Auto Warehousing Company, Agrium, Belmont Farm Supply, Sylvite, Messenger Freight Services, and Factor Gas Liquids. Interchange with CN
Ontario_Southland_Railway
By-products of coal combustion
identified are cristobalite, anhydrite, free lime, periclase, calcite, sylvite, halite, portlandite, rutile and anatase. The Ca-bearing minerals anorthite
Coal_combustion_products
Superconductor Surface chemistry Suspension (chemistry) Svante Arrhenius Syenite Sylvite Synthetic radioisotope Systematic element name Tabun Talc Talcum Tantalite
Index_of_chemistry_articles
Dutch physician, chemist, and anatomist (1614-72)
Sylvian fissure and the Sylvian aqueduct are named after him. The mineral sylvite was also named for Sylvius. His book Opera Medica, published posthumously
Franciscus_Sylvius
Playa in Qinghai Province, China
magnesium chloride), calcium chloride, magnesium, lithium, boron, iodine, and sylvite. The basin is one of China's richest sources for potassium, with an estimated
Qarhan_Playa
Railway system of Eritrea
company mined 25,000 metric tons (24,600 long tons; 27,600 short tons) of sylvite, averaging 70% KCl, which was transported by rail to Mersa Fatma. The company
Eritrean_Railway
of mineral department of the British Museum, Jessie Sweet (1901–1979) Sylvite: KCl – Dutch chemist Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672) Tarbuttite: Zn2(PO4)(OH)
List of minerals named after people
List_of_minerals_named_after_people
Proposed potash mine in Thailand
million tonnes of ore grading 16 percent potassium chloride extracted from sylvite ore. With a construction budget of more than 30 billion baht, the project
Udon_North_mine
up approximately 2.1% of the weight and is mined in the form of potash, sylvite, carnallite, and langbeinite. This is a necessity for the function of all
Ornamental_Gardens
red beds and evaporites such as carnallite, tachyhydrite, halite and sylvite. The carnallite zone is up to 95 meters thick and the halite deposit is
Geology_of_Thailand
Geology of the area in California and Nevada
chloride zone and of salt-impregnated sulfate and carbonate deposits. Sylvite KCl With halite. Trona Na3H(CO3)22H2O Carbonate zone of Cottonball Basin
Geology of the Death Valley area
Geology_of_the_Death_Valley_area
Petrified hyrax excrement accumulation
of organic compounds, soluble salts, calcium carbonate and the mineral sylvite. More recent data from Raman Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared
Rock_hyrax_midden
Geyser field located in the Andes Mountains, Chile
most important component of sinter associated with hot springs; halite, sylvite and realgar are less common. This dominance of opal is because usually
El_Tatio
Salt dome in northern Germany
hydroglauberite, jarosite, kalistronite, lepidocrocite, pyrite, quartz, sylvite, syngenite and thenardite. The Kalkberg still has a height of 56.3 m above
Lüneburg_Kalkberg
History of physical crystallography to 1895
[About the birefringence of regular crystals, especially of rock salt and sylvite, caused by one-sided pressure]. Annalen der Physik (in German). 275 (3):
Physical crystallography before X-rays
Physical_crystallography_before_X-rays
Geologic formation of Givetian age
southern Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota it includes major deposits of sylvite and carnallite that are mined for their potassium content. Gypsum is present
Prairie_Evaporite_Formation
Rare thallium-bearing chloride mineral
belloite, eriochalcite, mitscherlichite, sanguite, carnallite, halite, sylvite; sulfates: antlerite, chlorothionite, kröhnkite, natrochalcite, gypsum
Chrysothallite
industries mining: Potash (potassium carbonate) Salt Sylvinite - a mixture of sylvite (potassium chloride) and halite (commonly known as rock salt - sodium chloride)
Mining Association of the United Kingdom
Mining_Association_of_the_United_Kingdom
Locations on Earth sharing environmental conditions with Mars
gypsumCaSO 4·2H 2O, with minor eugsterite, picromerite, syngenite, halite, and sylvite", Some of the microbes isolated have been able to survive the high concentrations
Mars habitability analogue environments on Earth
Mars_habitability_analogue_environments_on_Earth
Water and its precursors in asteroids
Semarkona meteorite is an exceptionally wet OC. Salts (halite and the related sylvite) carry brine inclusions; while the community first posited that the salts
Asteroidal_water
1832) 2.EA.05 [1,169] [1,170] [1,171] (IUPAC: silver gold tetratelluride) Sylvite (halite, rocksalt: 1823) 3.AA.20 [1,172] [1,173] [1,174] (IUPAC: potassium
List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (S)
List_of_minerals_recognized_by_the_International_Mineralogical_Association_(S)
SYLVITE
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Girl/Female
French, Indian, Spanish
The Name of Goddess Saraswati
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a bend, for example in a river, from Middle English bye ‘bend’ (from Old English byge, a derivative of būgan ‘to bow’). Reaney suggests that occasionally it may be from an Old English personal name of obscure origin.Norwegian and Swedish : habitational name from any of various farms named By, from Old Norse býr ‘farm’.
Girl/Female
Indian
Star
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Fairy; Nymph
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Sun Rays
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name, probably from either of two places in Devon or one West Sussex so named. Hurston in Chagford, Devon is named with the Old English personal name Heort or heort ‘hart’ + tūn ‘settlement’; Hurston in Whitestone, Devon has the same first element + þorn ‘thorn tree’; and Hurston in Storrington, West Sussex is named from Old English hyrst ‘wooded hill’ + tūn.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Without form
Girl/Female
Greek American English
Shining light. The bright one.
Boy/Male
American, Christian, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Mexican, Spanish
God's Grace; John; God is Gracious
Boy/Male
Hindu
Dear to Indra
SYLVITE
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n.
Alt. of Sylvite
n.
An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
n.
Native potassium chloride.