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kainite Min.|ˈkaɪnaɪt|
Also cænite, cenite, kainit.
[ad. Ger. kainit, f. Gr. καιν-ός new + -ite: named by C. F. Zincken in 1865, with reference to its recent formation.]
Hydrous chlorosulphate of magnesium and potassium, found in Prussia and Galicia, largely used as a fertilizer.
1868Dana Min. (ed. 5) 642 Kainite..is nothing but the impure picromerite. 1877Daily News 8 Oct. 2/6 Since the memorable discoveries of kainit and other mineral salts nearly twenty years ago at Stassfurth and Leopoldshall. 1882Playfair Indust. U.S. in Macm. Mag. XLV. 335 The old exhausted soils lost their productiveness chiefly by the withdrawal of potash, but this is now found in the minerals carnallit and kainit. 1950Engineering 4 Aug. 101/2 Among the interesting and unusual cargoes which had been shipped from time to time, there were some which had been described, respectively, as praff, shooks, kainit, and thiolith. 1971Farmers Weekly 19 Mar. 38/3 This week we have been dressing beet ground with kainit, a cheap source of potash and salt. |