Sylvite (Noun)
Meaning
A mineral consisting of native potassium chloride; an important ore of potassium that is found in sedimentary beds.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Sylvite is often associated with halite and gypsum in evaporite deposits.
- The extraction of potassium from sylvite requires several processing steps.
- Large deposits of sylvite have been found in ancient lake beds.
- Sylvite can also occur as a gangue mineral in other ore deposits.
- Mining sylvite involves a range of methods to extract the potassium chloride from the sedimentary rocks.