Langbeinite is a potassium magnesium sulfate mineral with the chemical formula K2Mg2(SO4)3.
Langbeinite crystallizes in the isometric-tetartoidal (cubic) system as transparent colorless or white with pale tints of yellow to green and violet crystalline masses.
[4] The mineral is an ore of potassium and occurs in marine evaporite deposits in association with carnallite, halite, and sylvite.
Related substances include hydrated salts leonite (K2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O) and picromerite (K2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O).
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