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kalinite

American

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

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of kalinite

1865–70; < New Latin kali ( um ) potassium ( see 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.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

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