sylvite

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Scope note
A colorless or white mineral consisting of potassium chloride, occurring typically as cubic crystals. It is rarer than halite (sodium chloride) and occurs as soft, bitter-tasting, white or grayish, glassy cubes or as masses with halite and gypsum in evaporite deposits in Germany, New Mexico, and Mount Vesuvius.
sylvite
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024