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kalinite
[ kal-uh-nahyt, key-luh- ]
noun
- a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
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Further, the hair-like alum of Dioscorides, repeated by Pliny below, was quite conceivably fibrous kalinite, native potash alum, which occurs commonly as an efflorescence.
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