kalinite

[kal-uh-nahyt, key-luh-]

noun

1. a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kalinite¹

1865–70; < New Latin kali ( um ) potassium ( alkali, -ium ) + intrusive -n- (perhaps by association with alkaline ) + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Further, the hair-like alum of Dioscorides, repeated by Pliny below, was quite conceivably fibrous kalinite, native potash alum, which occurs commonly as an efflorescence.

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