polyhalite
nounEtymology
From German Polyhalit, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) + Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) + -ite. Polyhalite is unrelated to halite other than name.
- borrowed from Polyhalit
Definitions
A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with…
A mineral usually occurring in fibrous masses, of a brick-red color, being tinged with iron, and consisting chiefly of the sulphates of lime, magnesia, and soda.
- Shafts are now being sunk at Sirius Minerals' Woodsmith mine to extract polyhalite for use as an agricultural fertiliser, with much of the output exported.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for polyhalite. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA