Polyhalite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polyhalite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) 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.
Meaning
(mineralogy) 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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- polyhalites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydrohalite, polyhydrite, hillite, halotrichite, sulphohalite, humite.
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