Rock salt
Rock salt
Mineral
Yes, rock salt is a mineral (halite) not a rock.
The mineral of salt (NaCl) is called halite.
Rock salt is sodium chloride; the mineral has the name halite.
It was never really "invented." Rock salt is halite, a mineral.
Salt used in cooking is derived from seawater (sea salt) or from layers of salt in mineral deposits (rock salt or mineral salt).
The mineral of salt (NaCl) is called halite.
The halide mineral group.
halite
The sedimentary rock made of the mineral halite is called rock salt. It forms as evaporite deposits when saltwater bodies evaporate, leaving behind salt crystals that eventually compact and form rock salt.
Rock salt crystallizes from halite, which is a mineral form of sodium chloride commonly found in sedimentary rocks.