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kalinite

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[kal-uh-nahyt, key-luh-] / ˈkæl əˌnaɪt, ˈkeɪ lə- /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of kalinite

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

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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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