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Both calcite and halite are evaporate minerals.
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This is known as an evaporite, examples include Halite, Gypsum and certain types of Limestone.
No, halite is a chloride
Yes, Halite is an Inorganic.
and gypsum, sylvite, carnalite, etc.
Both calcite and halite are evaporate minerals.
No. Halite forms when various bodies of water evaporate. Halite is the mineral name for salt.
Sylvite, Halite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Anhydrite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Borax, and Epsonite are common evaporites.
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Evaporite minerals are water-soluble mineral sediments that were formed from precipitation. The three common evaporite minerals are gypsum, anhydrite and halite.
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.
This is known as an evaporite, examples include Halite, Gypsum and certain types of Limestone.
Halite deposits.
R. P. Snyder has written: 'Dissolution of halite and gypsum, and hydration of anhydrite to gypsum, Rustler Formation, in the vicinity of the waste isolation pilot plant, southeastern New Mexico' -- subject(s): Solubility, Gypsum, Salt, Groundwater
halite deposits
Yes, in some areas in the past there were shallow seas in hot, desert environments which periodically flooded and evaporated, leaving deposits of various salts such as halite and anhydrite which were then buried by other sediments. Some of these deposits are now mined for the various salts.