different between painite vs kainite

English

Etymology

Pain +? -ite, after British mineralogist Arthur C. D. Pain.

Noun

painite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A very rare orange-red borate mineral consisting mostly of calcium, zirconium, boron, aluminium, and oxygen.

Further reading

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

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