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sylvite

sylvite noun: an evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.

sylvite: an evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles
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Noun

sylvite (countable and uncountable, plural sylvites)

  1. An evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.

Forms of sylvite

pluralsylvites

Origin of sylvite

After the surname of Dutch scientist Franciscus Sylvius + -ite.

Questions about sylvite

What does sylvite mean?
Sylvite means an evaporite, consisting of potassium chloride KCl, also found in fumaroles.
What part of speech is sylvite?
Sylvite is a noun.
What is the plural of sylvite?
The plural of sylvite is sylvites.

Words near sylvite in the dictionary

  1. sylvinite
  2. sylvinites
  3. sylvioid
  4. sylviornithid
  5. sylviornithids
  6. sylvite
  7. sylvites
  8. sylvopasture
  9. Sym
  10. sym-
  11. syma

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