Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kainite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kainite \Kai"nite\, n. [Gr. ? recent.] (Min.)
A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and
magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in
Prussian Saxony.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
kainite
n : a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and
potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as
a fertilizer
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