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Halite is made of salt. Halite is hard so it is mined. That means that there use to be an ocean there. Pretty cool right
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∙ 12y agoThere are many types of salt, but the most common type is table salt, which is made from Sodium and Chlorine, making NaCl.
Salt is a mineral made up of two elements, Sodium and Chlorine.
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∙ 13y ago"Halite" is a mineralogist's word for "salt".
Halite is a lattice of sodium and chlorine ions.
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∙ 10y agoSalts contain a cation (metal or ammonium) and an anion derived from an acid.
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∙ 12y agoby crystallization
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Is slate a sedimentary rock igneous rock or a metamorphic rock?
Halite is recognized by the IMA as a valid mineral, not a rock. According to the website linked below, "Halite is an evaporative sedimentary rock composed primarily of the mineral halite (sodium chloride)."
Rock salt crystallizes from the mineral?
People commonly refer to the mineral halite (NaCl = sodium chloride) as rock salt. Rock salt is formed by the continuous evaporation of sea water. In the sequence of minerals precipitating out of the water halite comes after gypsum and anhydrite (calcium sulphate minerals) and before the rarer types of chlorides like potassium chloride.
Which mineral is commonly used as a food additive?
Halite, or salt.
What mineral taste like salt?
Halite. Salt IS a mineral, a rock. Its name, when you find it on the ground in its natural form, is Halite.
What is halite?
Halite is a type of mineral (rock). Often is used for road salt.
Which rock is composed of the mineral halite that formed when seawater evaporated?
Evaporation of a sodium chloride (NaCl) solution.
What mineral has a common name with salt?
The mineral formed from sodium chloride is called halite.
What is halite and how is it formed?
Halite is the mineral that we call table salt and is formed by the evaporation of fluids that are saturated in the elements that salt is made of, specifically sodium and chlorine.
What rock is formed mostly by sodium chloride?
This is the mineral (not rock) halite.
Is Halite a magnetic mineral?
No, Halite is not a magnetic mineral.
How the mineral halite and talc are formed in nature?
they form with a solid and metamorphic rock slowly
Is slate a sedimentary rock igneous rock or a metamorphic rock?
Halite is recognized by the IMA as a valid mineral, not a rock. According to the website linked below, "Halite is an evaporative sedimentary rock composed primarily of the mineral halite (sodium chloride)."
Is halite a crystal?
Halite is a mineral with a crystalline structure.
What is the description of halite?
Halite is a type of mineral or salt.
Is halite metallic or non metallic?
The mineral halite is non-metallic.
A mineral that is easily dissolved and carried off in solution is?
halite
What is salt mineral?
The halide mineral group.
