carnallite

carnallite
/kahr"nl uyt'/, n. Mineral.
a white hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, KMgCl3·6H2O, used chiefly as a source of potassium and magnesium.
[1875-85; named after R. von Carnall (1804-74), German mining official; see -ITE1]

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      a soft, white halide mineral, hydrated potassium and magnesium chloride (KMgCl3·6H2O), that is a source of potassium for fertilizers. Carnallite occurs with other chloride minerals in the upper layers of marine salt deposits, where it appears to be an alteration product of pre-existing salts. The mineral is found principally in the northern German salt deposits; and also in Spain, Tunisia, and the southwestern United States. For detailed physical properties, see halide mineral (table).

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