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Rock salt crystallizes from what?

powdered Sodium chloride


is rock salt a rock or mineral?

Mineral


Rock salt crystallizes from the mineral?

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.


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.