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polyhalites

polyhalites is the plural of polyhalite.

Meaning of polyhalite

Noun

polyhalite (countable and uncountable, plural polyhalites)

  1. A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.
    • Shafts are now being sunk at Sirius Minerals' Woodsmith mine to extract polyhalite for use as an agricultural fertiliser, with much of the output exported.2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 76

Questions about polyhalites

What is polyhalites the plural of?
Polyhalites is the plural of polyhalite.

Words near polyhalites in the dictionary

  1. polygyrids
  2. polygyrous
  3. polyhaemia
  4. polyhaline
  5. polyhalite
  6. polyhalites
  7. polyhaloalkane
  8. polyhaloalkanes
  9. polyhalogenated
  10. polyhalogenation
  11. polyhalogeno

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