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Perhaps Rock Salt or Halite (NaCl). ========================== The halide group of minerals like halite (table salt).
Calcite, a crystallized form of limestone.
NaCl, the salt you are probably referring to, is a mineral, so yes.
The mineral halite (table salt) meets all the requirements for being defined as a mineral in that it is naturally occurring, a solid, has a chemical formula, has a crystalline structure, and is inorganic.
It is called Pleiotropy.
Perhaps Rock Salt or Halite (NaCl). ========================== The halide group of minerals like halite (table salt).
Calcite, a crystallized form of limestone.
its salty
Fluorspar (also called Fluorite). (Note, while it is a salt it is not "salty")
Halite (table salt) is a mineral that fits the description.
NaCl, the salt you are probably referring to, is a mineral, so yes.
There are many minerals that taste salty. One example is halite, also known as rock salt. Minerals with taster are sometimes water soluble.
Halite is a mineral but also it is salt. So it tastes like salt, or salty
Mineral deposits and their occurrence makes areas of the ocean more salty.
It actually comes from the sea. For evidence, sea is salty and salt is a mineral so it comes from there
The mineral halite (table salt) meets all the requirements for being defined as a mineral in that it is naturally occurring, a solid, has a chemical formula, has a crystalline structure, and is inorganic.
It is called Pleiotropy.