Carnallite - Wikipedia Carnallite (also carnalite) is an evaporite mineral, a hydrated potassium magnesium chloride with formula KCl MgCl 2 ·6(H 2 O) It is variably colored yellow to white, reddish, and sometimes colorless or blue
Carnallite | Potash Mining, KCl MgCl2 | Britannica Carnallite, a soft, white halide mineral, hydrated potassium and magnesium chloride (KMgCl3·6H2O), that is a source of potassium for fertilizers Carnallite occurs with other chloride minerals in the upper layers of marine salt deposits, where it appears to be an alteration product of pre-existing
Carnallite: Mineral information, data and localities. Yellow to white, reddish, seldom white, colourless or blue Named in honor of Rudolf von Carnall (9 February 1804, Glatz, German Empire - 17 November 1874, Wroclaw, German Empire (now Poland)), mining engineer and geologist Chemically and structurally related to novograblenovite
Carnallite - Formula, Structure, Properties, Uses and FAQs Carnallite is a soft, white halide mineral that contains hydrated potassium and magnesium chloride and is used to make fertilisers Carnallite is found in the upper layers of marine salt deposits, where it tends to be an alteration result of pre-existing salts, along with other chloride minerals
CARNALLITE (Hydrated Potassium Magnesium Chloride) Carnallite is named for Prussian mining engineer, Rudolph von Carnall It forms in marine evaporite deposits where sea water has been concentrated and exposed to prolonged evaporation Carnallite precipitates with other potassium and magnesium evaporate minerals such as sylvite , kainite , picromerite , polyhalite and kieserite
Carnallite - Handbook of Mineralogy Carnallite Crystal Data: Orthorhombic Point Group: 21m 21m 21m Crystals rare, pseudohexagonal; pyramidal, also thick tabular on pseudo-{OOOl};commonly granular, massive, in beds several m thick Twinning: Polysynthetic twin lamellae can be developed by pressure Physical Properties: Fracture: Conchoidal Hardness = 2 5 D(meas ) = 1 602