Kalinite is a fibrous monoclinic type of alum distinct from isometric potassium alum, named in 1868.
Its name comes from Kalium (derived from Arabic: القَلْيَه‎ al-qalyah “plant ashes”) which is the Latin name for potassium, hence its chemical symbol, "K".
A proposal to remove recognition of kalinite as a mineral species is scheduled to be submitted to the International Mineralogical Association,; currently (March 2010), kalinite is still on the list of approved minerals. Many older samples, however, have been found to be potassium alum.

La kalinite è un minerale.