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What is the crystal shape of halite?
Halite typically forms cubic or sometimes octahedral crystal shapes.
What is halite's transparency?
Halite's transparency is transparent/translucent.
Does a quartz crystal have more or fewer faces then a halite crystal?
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The mineral halite is known as lead or table salt?
Halite is table salt. The cubic crystal "galena" is lead sulfide.
A large piece of mineral halite is broken repeatedly into perfect cubes how can this be explained?
Halite has a cubic crystal structure, which makes it naturally form into perfect cubes. When broken repeatedly along its natural cleavage planes, halite will continue to fragment into smaller cubes due to its internal molecular arrangement. This phenomenon is a result of the crystal structure of halite and its tendency to break along specific planes.
Does Galena and halite have the same chemical composition and different crystalline structures?
Galena and halite have different chemical compositions. Galena is lead sulfide (PbS), while halite is sodium chloride (NaCl). Both minerals have distinct crystalline structures: galena has a cubic crystal structure, while halite has a cubic crystal structure as well.
What is the crystal structure for halite?
Halite, or sodium chloride, has a face-centered cubic crystal structure. This means that each sodium ion is surrounded by 6 chloride ions in a cubic arrangement, and each chloride ion is surrounded by 6 sodium ions. The ions are closely packed in a repeating pattern in all three dimensions.
Is halite a cleavage or fracture?
Halite is a cleavage because it splits evenly, but fracture would mean it breaks irregularly.
What crystal system do halite crystals belong to?
Halite crystals belong to the isometric crystal system. This means that the crystal structure exhibits cubic symmetry, with all edges of the crystal being of equal length and intersecting at 90-degree angles.
Can a mineral have the same crystal structure as another mineral?
Absolutely. For example, Galena and Halite.
Which Crystalline sedimentary rock is composed of the mineral Halite?
This crystal is face-centered cubic.
Why does halite dissolve in water?
Halite dissolves in water because the attraction between the water molecules (polarity) is strong enough to break the ionic bonds holding the sodium and chloride ions together in the halite crystal structure. As water molecules surround the individual ions, they effectively pull them away from the crystal and into solution.
