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  • noun mineralogy A saline evaporite, consisting of mixed potassium, sodium and ferrous chloride, K3NaFe2+Cl6.

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Named after German crystallographer and petrographer Freidrich Wilhelm Berthold Rinne (1863-1933) in 1909.

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