Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Lower Saxony
- Germany
Crystallography
- Comment
Crystal structure not determined
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- Anhydrokainiet
- Anhydrokainita
- Anhydrokainitt
- Basaltkainit
In other languages
- German
- Anhydrokainit
- Italian
- anhydrokainite
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.7.BC.80
- 7SulfatesClass
- 7.BSulfates (selenates, etc.) with additional anions, without H2ODivision
- 7.BCWith medium-sized and large cationsGroup
- 7.BC.80AnhydrokainiteSpecies
CIM
—26.13
- 26Sulphates with HalideClass
- 26.13— unnamed intermediate level —Group
- 26.13AnhydrokainiteSpecies
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 1913Jänecke (1913) Kali: 7: 140.
- 1916Rózsa (1916) Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Stuttgart: 505. [as Basaltkainit]
- 1951Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.
- 2022Borisov, Artem S., Siidra, Oleg I., Ugolkov, Valery L., Kuznetsov, Alexey N., Firsova, Vera A., Charkin, Dmitri O., Platonova, Natalia V., Pekov, Igor V. (2022) Complex hydrogen bonding and thermal behaviour over a wide temperature range of kainite KMg(SO4)Cl⋅2.75H2O. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (1) 37-48 doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.101DOI: 10.1180/mgm.2021.101
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Anhydrokainite — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/anhydrokainite-235},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}