Sylvite (Potassium Chloride)

Sylvite (Potassium Chloride)

compound
KCl

The mineral cousin of table salt — mined as a vital crop fertiliser

Sylvite shares the same elegant cubic structure as table salt but tastes bitter — and feeds half the world's crops as fertiliser.

Material

Gallery canvas set in a solid wood floating frame.

Frame

Brown

$70.00

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Shown true-to-size - a 8×10in piece scaled against real furniture.

Crystallography

Catalogue identitySylvite — Pm-3m
FormulaKCl
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupF m -3 m
Lattice (a, b, c) Å6.29294, 6.29294, 6.29294
Angles (α, β, γ) °90, 90, 90
Density (g/cm³)1.987

Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)