سیلویت
Also known as sylvine, Syl
Sylvite, or sylvine, is potassium chloride (KCl) in natural mineral form. It forms crystals in the isometric system very similar to normal rock salt, halite (NaCl). The two are, in fact, isomorphous. Sylvite is colorless to white with shades of yellow and red due to inclusions. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 1.99. It has a refractive index of 1.4903. Sylvite has a salty taste with a distinct bitterness.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Sylvite
- Mineral.category
- Halide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Mineral Silvina GDFL105.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 250px
- Mineral.formula
- KCl
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Syl
- Mineral.molweight
- 74.55 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 3.AA.20
- Mineral.system
- Isometric
- Mineral.class
- Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Fm3m
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 6.2931 Å; Z = 4
- Mineral.color