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langbeinite definition

lang·bein·ite (laŋ′bīn īt′)

noun

a mineral, KMg(SO), that is often found in salt deposits as a natural sulfate of potassium and magnesium, used as a source of potash

Etymology: Ger langbeinit, after A. Langbein, 19th-c. Ger chemist who identified it + -it, -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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