Definition of carnallite Carnallite
car•nall•ite
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NounPlural: carnallites |
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| carnallite - a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium | ||
| mineral solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | ||
| atomic number 12, magnesium, mg a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine) | ||
| atomic number 19, potassium, k a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- carnallite (n.)
A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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carnallite
kär′nal-īt, n. a milk-white or pinkish hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium found in the salt-mines of Stassfurt in Prussia. [Named from the mineralogist Von Carnall (1804-74).]
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🔤- carnallite, noun, singular of carnallites.
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