Is salt a rock or a mineral?

Answer 1

The definition of rock is "hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter." Salt is a mineral, and minerals (inorganic compounds) are often found in rock form. Raw salt, called halite, is mined from the ground. The halite certainly meets the definition of rock.

Answer 2

Salt is a mineral. It is composed of sodium chloride, which is a chemical compound that forms through a process of crystallization. Salt deposits can come from ancient seas that have dried up or be extracted from underground mines.

Answer 3

If we consider table salt, it is found as the mineralhalite. Note, however, that "salt" is a general term as well as the one we apply to sodium chloride (NaCl). In its general application, a salt is a generally neutral compound formed as a product (along with water) of an acid-base reaction. That opens the door to a broad variety of substances from metal halogens onward, and spanning hundreds of compounds including those that form polyatomic ions as well as the monatomic ones (like Na+ and Cl- of table salt). Links can be found below to check facts and discover more.

Answer 4

Table salt is the mineral halite. Rock salt is a sedimentary rock.

Answer 5

Rock Salt is composed of NaCl or it also known as the mineral Halite or it is chemically called sodium chloride

Answer 6

The metal in rock salt is sodium, in the form of the monatomic, singly charged cations formed by transferring one electron from each sodium atom to an atom of chlorine.

Answer 7

Rock salt is a sedimentary mineral.

Answer 8

Rock salt is a chemical sedimentary rock.

Answer 9

It is sandstone

Answer 10

Chemical