"sylvite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sylvites [plural]
Etymology: After the surname of Dutch scientist Franciscus Sylvius + -ite. Etymology templates: {{af|en|-ite}} -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sylvite (countable and uncountable, plural sylvites)
  1. (mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles. Wikipedia link: Franciscus Sylvius, sylvite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (saline evaporite): silvina [feminine] (Catalan), silvino (Esperanto), sylviini (Finnish), sylviitti (Finnish), sylvine [feminine] (French), Sylvin [masculine] (German), silvite [feminine] (Italian), silvina [feminine] (Portuguese), silvina [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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