koenenite=[mg7ai4(oh)22]4+.[na4(ca,mg)2ci12]4- , is a typical non-silicate clay mineral of oceanic salt deposits which also widely occurs in salt clay, anhydrite, halite, and potash-bearing rocks. koenenite is found as an undesirable sludge-forming component in the processing of potassium salts . koenenite was first reported, in 1902, as an impurity in a fairly pure halite from the justus! pota...