Kainite

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Kainite \Kai"nite\, n. [Gr. ? recent.] (Min.)
     A compound salt consisting chiefly of potassium chloride and
     magnesium sulphate, occurring at the Stassfurt salt mines in
     Prussian Saxony.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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