Kainite

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1. Noun

A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in Prussian Saxony.

2. Noun

a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a fertilizer
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