polyhalite

noun

Etymology

From German Polyhalit, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) + Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) + -ite. Polyhalite is unrelated to halite other than name.

  1. borrowed from Polyhalit

Definitions

  1. 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.

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