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car·nall·ite

(kär′nə-līt′)

A white, brownish, or reddish mineral, KMgCl₃·6H₂O, an ore of potassium, used to manufacture potash salts.

[After Rudolf von Carnall (1804-1874), German mining engineer.]

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carnallite

(ˈkɑːnəˌlaɪt)

(Minerals) a white or sometimes coloured mineral consisting of a hydrated chloride of potassium and magnesium in orthorhombic crystalline form: a source of potassium and also used as a fertilizer. Formula: KCl.MgCl2.6H2O

[C19: named after Rudolf von Carnall (1804–74), German mining engineer; see -ite¹]

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car•nall•ite

(ˈkɑr nlˌaɪt)

n.

a white mineral, hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, KMgCl₃∙6H₂O, used as a source of potassium and magnesium.

[1875–85; < German]

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carnallite - a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium

atomic number 12, magnesium, Mg - a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)

atomic number 19, potassium, K - a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite

atomic number 37, Rb, rubidium - a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite

mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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