The invention relates to the field of 
mineral processing and wet 
metallurgy, in particular to a method for cooperatively extracting 
potassium and 
rubidium from 
potassium-containing rock. The method comprises the following steps: crushing and 
grinding potassium-containing rock to obtain mineral 
powder; mixing the potassium-containing rock with the alkaline additive quick 
lime or slaked 
lime, addingwater to obtain a mixture, and placing the mixture in a 
molten salt furnace to activate the mixture through heat of fused salt; carrying out 
solid-liquid separation on the activated mixture to obtainfiltering liquid and filtering residue containing potassium and 
rubidium, wherein the filtering residue is used for producing 
silicon and 
calcium fertilizer; adding 
potassium carbonate aqueous solution in the filtering liquid for 
carbonization, and filtering to remove impurities to obtain secondary filtering liquid; carrying out evaporative 
crystallization on the secondary filtering liquid to obtain potassium and 
rubidium crystal substances; and 
roasting the potassium and rubidium 
crystal substances to contain potassium and rubidium containing enriched product, and carrying out purification and separation to obtain 
potassium carbonate and 
rubidium carbonate. 
Lime is adopted as the alkaline additive, the 
solid-liquid separation filtering liquid is alkaline, 
calcium ions precipitate to enter 
tailings, and the 
tailings are used for preparing 
silicon and 
calcium fertilizer. Compared with adoption of 
sodium hydroxide as the alkaline additive, the cost is lower, and the potassium and sodiumseparation process is eliminated in filtering liquid to facilitate purification of potassium and rubidium.