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carnallite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.01 in modern English

Syllables
car-nal-lite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An evaporite composed of a mixture of potassium chloride and magnesium chloride, with the chemical formula KMgCl₃·6H₂O.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after the mineralogist Von Carnall (1804-74), + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

carnallites (plural)

Questions

What does carnallite mean?
An evaporite composed of a mixture of potassium chloride and magnesium chloride, with the chemical formula KMgCl₃·6H₂O.
Where does carnallite come from?
Named after the mineralogist Von Carnall (1804-74), + -ite.

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