different between kainite vs hainite

English

Etymology

From German Kainit, coined by Carl Friedrich Jacob Zincken, from Ancient Greek ????????? (kin?tikós, “new, recent”) + -it (-ite)

Noun

kainite (countable and uncountable, plural kainites)

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO₄·KCl·3H₂O, found in German salt mines.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Kainite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “kainite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Italian

Noun

kainite f (plural kainiti)

1. (mineralogy) kainite

English

Etymology

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? + -ite

Noun

hainite

1. (mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, fluorine, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, manganese, oxygen, silicon, sodium, titanium, and zirconium.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Hainite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database

Anagrams

• niahite