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- German · borrowed fromPolyhalit
- English todaypolyhalite
From German Polyhalit, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) + Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) + -ite. Polyhalite is unrelated to halite other than name.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
polyhalite
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
German Polyhalit