Sylvine

syl·vite  (slvt) also syl·vine (-vn) or syl·vin·ite (-v-nt)

n.

A colorless vitreous potassium chloride mineral, the major ore of potassium.

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[Alteration of sylvine, from French, from New Latin (sal digestivus) Sylvii, (digestive salt) of Sylvius, probably after Franz de la Boë, or Franciscus Sylvius (1614-1672), German-born Dutch physician.]

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sylvine - a mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds sylvite 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 mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition