sylvite

English

Sylvite

Etymology

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

Noun

sylvite (countable and uncountable, plural sylvites)

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

Translations

saline evaporite

• Catalan: silvina f
• Esperanto: silvino
• Finnish: sylviini, sylviitti
• French: sylvine (fr) f
• German: Sylvin m
• Italian: silvite f
• Portuguese: silvina (pt) f
• Spanish: silvina (es) f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Sylvite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “sylvite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.