different between kainite vs khinite

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

kainite (countable and uncountable, plural kainites)

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

kainite f (plural kainiti)

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khinite

(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal dark green mineral containing copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and tellurium.

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