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What is the common well known name for the mineral halite?
The common name for the mineral halite is salt.
What is the group that includes rock salt?
The Halide mineral group.Evaporites.
A rock that dissolves easily in water is what?
such a rock may be of Gypsum (Magnesium sulphate) or common salt (sodium chloride ).
Which pair of rocks could each be composed of only one mineral (1) dunite and rock salt (2) peridotite and rock gypsum (3) dolomite and obsidian (4) marble and schist?
The pair that could each be composed of only one mineral is (1) dunite and rock salt. Dunite is primarily composed of the mineral olivine, while rock salt is made almost entirely of the mineral halite. The other pairs consist of rocks that are typically composed of multiple minerals.
What rock or mineral is used to melt ice on streets and sidewalks?
In the UK, it is known as rock salt. The rock salt (the dried remains of ancient seas) is an underground deposit of salt that is mined and used to grit icy roads and pavements.
What rock or mineral makes salt?
Rock salt
What mineral makes rock salt?
Rock salt
Is salt a chemical rock?
Yes, rock salt is a mineral (halite) not a rock.
Is Rock salt rock?
The mineral of salt (NaCl) is called halite.
What is salt used for in rock salt?
Rock salt is sodium chloride; the mineral has the name halite.
When was rock salt invented?
It was never really "invented." Rock salt is halite, a mineral.
Where was salt founded?
Salt used in cooking is derived from seawater (sea salt) or from layers of salt in mineral deposits (rock salt or mineral salt).
Is salt rock?
The mineral of salt (NaCl) is called halite.
What is salt mineral?
The halide mineral group.
Which mineral precipitates from oceans and rock salt?
halite
What sedimentary rock is made of mineral 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 what mineral?
Rock salt crystallizes from halite, which is a mineral form of sodium chloride commonly found in sedimentary rocks.
