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PRONUNCIATION OF SYLVINITE

sylvinite  [ˈsɪlvɪˌnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYLVINITE

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Sylvinite is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SYLVINITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sylvinite

Sylvinite

Sylvinite is the most important ore for the production of potash in North America and Russia. It is a mechanical mixture of sylvite and halite. Most Canadian operations mine sylvinite with proportions of about 31% KCl and 66% NaCl with the balance being insoluble clays, anhydrite and in some locations carnallite.

Definition of sylvinite in the English dictionary

The definition of sylvinite in the dictionary is an ore containing sylvine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SYLVINITE


arsenite
ˈɑːsɪˌnaɪt
axinite
ˈæksɪˌnaɪt
erinite
ˈerɪˌnaɪt
gadolinite
ˈɡædəlɪˌnaɪt
ilmenite
ˈɪlmɪˌnaɪt
Janeite
ˈdʒeɪˌnaɪt
kaolinite
ˈkeɪəlɪˌnaɪt
langbeinite
ˈlæŋbaɪˌnaɪt
molybdenite
mɒˈlɪbdɪˌnaɪt
olivenite
ɒˈlɪvɪˌnaɪt
penninite
ˈpɛnɪˌnaɪt
pyroxenite
paɪˈrɒksɪˌnaɪt
rabbinite
ˈræbɪˌnaɪt
retinite
ˈrɛtɪˌnaɪt
selenite
ˈsɛlɪˌnaɪt
serpentinite
sɜːˈpentɪˌnaɪt
twinight
ˈtwaɪˌnaɪt
uraninite
jʊˈrænɪˌnaɪt
vanadinite
vəˈnædɪˌnaɪt
vulpinite
ˈvʌlpɪˌnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYLVINITE

sylphish
sylphlike
sylphy
sylva
sylvae
sylvan
sylvaner
sylvanite
Sylvanus
sylvatic
Sylvester
Sylvester II
sylvestral
sylvestrian
sylvia
sylvicultural
sylviculture
sylviine
sylvine
sylvite

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYLVINITE

bainite
bismuthinite
ciminite
coffinite
crinite
Darwinite
definite
finite
franklinite
gmelinite
granite
indefinite
infinite
kainite
Leninite
melinite
nonfinite
pinite
succinite
transfinite
Wisconsinite

Synonyms and antonyms of sylvinite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sylvinite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYLVINITE

Find out the translation of sylvinite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sylvinite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sylvinite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

钾盐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sylvinite
570 millions of speakers

English

sylvinite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sylvinite
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sylvinite
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сильвинит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

silvinita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sylvinite
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sylvinite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sylvinite
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sylvinit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シルビナイト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sylvinite
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sylvinite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sylvinite
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sylvinite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sylvinite
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

silvinit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

silvinite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sylwinu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сильвинит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sylvinite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sylvinite
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sylvinite
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sylvinite
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sylvinite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sylvinite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLVINITE»

The term «sylvinite» is used very little and occupies the 178.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYLVINITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sylvinite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYLVINITE»

Discover the use of sylvinite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sylvinite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fertilizer Manual
The sylvinite zones contain some carnallite, have an average grade of 25% K2O, and are mined in two layers. Each of those layers is up to 1 1 m thick and separated by 3-6 m of halite. The tachyhydrite in the floor has low mechanical strength ...
UN Industrial Development Organization, International Fertilizer Development Center, 1998
2
Evaporites:Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons: Sediments, ...
The sylvinite zone (a mixture of halite and sylvite) directly overlies the carnallitite zone and is up to 6 m thick. It is not always present. Its contact zone is transitional with the underlying carnallitite zone, although sylvite crystal-clusters in the ...
John K. Warren, 2006
3
Borates: Handbook of Deposits, Processing, Properties, and Use
... -2H2O Strontioginorite (in halite, Z2) (Sr, Ca) 2B14023-8H20 Strontiohilgardite (in hartsalz, halite, Z2) (Sr, Ca) 2B3C9Cl-H20 Sulfoborite (in carnallite, Z2) Mg3S04B2O3-SH20 Tourmaline (in Z2 carnallite, Z3 halite, sylvinite) ...
Donald E. Garrett, 1998
4
Handbook of Chemical Technology and Pollution Control, 3rd ...
All of these potash-bearing combinations also contain varying amounts of insolubles such as clays, anhydrite (CaSO4), dolomite (CaCO3-MgCO3) and calcite (CaCO3), which variously affect potash beneficiation steps. Recovery of sylvinite ...
Martin B. B. Hocking, 2006
5
The World Fertilizer Economy
The main potash-bearing mineral is carnallite, which lies on the top of sylvinite. The depth of the carnallite zone, including the upper stratum of sylvinite, varies from 21 to 100 meters and contains 8-28 percent KC1 (34, p. 480). In the carnallite ...
Mirko Lamer, 1957
6
Experimental Physics and Rock Mechanics
Experimental points for sylvinite from the Verkhnekamsk deposit deviate to some extent from those obtained for sylvinite from the Starobinsk deposit. Results in the range of strain rates in which the assigned rates were equal to creep rates ...
A.N. Stavrogin, B.G. Tarasov, 2001
7
Great Salt Lake: A Scientific, Historical and Economic Overview
When a section of the pond is ready for harvesting, the remaining brine is pumped from it so that the sylvinite is left as a slushy precipitate on the bottom. The sylvinite slush is then pushed into windrows by a motor grader (figure 7) and  ...
J. Wallace Gwynn, 1980
8
Separation Technologies for Minerals, Coal, and Earth Resources
ExPERIMENTAL Methodology Sylvinite ore from various deposits having a KCl grade from 27.5 to 39.9% and W.I. grade from 5.0 to 7.2% was used in comparative laboratory flotation tests. The target was to reduce the liberated and dispersed ...
Courtney Young, Gerald H. Luttrell, 2012
9
Early sedimentary evolution of the Michigan Basin
Figure 3. Distribution of “A-l” sylvinite (from Sonnenfeld, 1985). N.MI. pinnacle reels “A-2" evaporite Figure 5. Schematic cross section. m carbonate bank 1: evaporite basin 1? A-l halite margin A-l sylvinites /I \c/ 0 km 200 h—l—_l dolomitic marl ...
‎1991
10
Harmonising Rock Engineering and the Environment
2012 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-80444-8 Subject: Modelling and numerical methods Keywords: 1 INTRODUCTION The main task of ensuring safe mining in water-soluble ores (rock salt, sylvinite) is to prevent the risk of ...
Qihu Qian, Yingxin Zhou, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYLVINITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sylvinite is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Harvest Minerals boosts Sergi resource ahead of Aim listing
The mineralisation comprises two distinctive layers each of sylvinite and carnalite, with apparent thicknesses ranging from between 5.56 and 8.46 metres. «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
2
Elemental Minerals raises $4.98M, to start potash feasibility studies
Final preparations are now underway to start in August 2015 the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for the Kola Sylvinite Project and the Pre-Feasibility Study ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jul 15»
3
ASX Round-Up: Spotlight on Elemental Minerals and BC Iron
The Kola project has proven sylvinite ore reserves, while the Dougou deposit is a ... Elemental has drilled two boreholes at the Yangala sylvinite prospect. «Resource Investing News, Jun 15»
4
Highfield Resources adds second potash project JORC resource
Sierra del Perdón is a brownfield project that was historically mined primarily for sylvinite but also for carnallite, before closing in late 1996 due to relatively low ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Apr 15»
5
Huge sinkhole forming in Russia caught on camera
According to the filmer the 100 metre deep sinkhole formed after a Sylvinite ore colliery was flooded in November 2014. According to the filmer - locals now fear ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
6
South Boulder's Premium Product Should Ensure A Robust Future …
Nonetheless, the original plan at Colluli was simply to mine the top layer of salts, the sylvinite, in a manner similar to the great Canadian and Russian potash ... «Minesite, Mar 15»
7
Study confirms potash potential at Danakil Depression, Ethiopia
... annual production of 600,000 metric tons sulfate of potash (SOP) over 23 years from reserves (kainite, carnallite and sylvinite) at Yara's Danakil concession. «MINING.com, Feb 15»
8
Highfield Resources finds more thick high grade potash at Muga
Hole J13-15 intersected shallow, inter-bedded sylvinite mineralisation of 9.6 metres at 14% K2O including 3.3 metres at 17.5% K2O from 253 metres and 5.2 ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Dec 14»
9
Gensource Announces Updated NI 43-101 Report for Lazlo
... historical wells and a typical density of 2.08 t/m3 for Saskatchewan sylvinite. ... to 20 m below the deepest sylvinite layer of the lowermost Esterhazy Member, ... «MarketWatch, Dec 14»
10
Highfield Resources inks second potash JORC resource in Spain
Highfield Resources (ASX: HFR) has defined a second Inferred JORC resource at its Spanish potash projects, this one a 187 million tonnes of sylvinite grading ... «Proactive Investors UK, Nov 13»

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