polyhalite

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noun

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.

OriginGerman Polyhalit →
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Meanings

nounpolyhalite (countable and uncountable, plural polyhalites)

plural polyhalites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA 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.

    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.

    2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 76

Origin

  1. GermanPolyhalit
  2. Englishpolyhalite

From German Polyhalit, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) + Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls) + -ite. Polyhalite is unrelated to halite other than name.

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Translations

German Polyhalit
  • Polyhalitmineral
Italian polihalite, polialite
  • polihalitemineral
  • polialitemineral
Portuguese polialita
  • polialitamineral

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lyophilatepolythelia
Cite this entry
APA

polyhalite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyhalite

MLA

“polyhalite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyhalite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polyhalite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyhalite.

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