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.
olivine
table salt used to season foods is made of the mineral haite.
halite
Halite. Salt IS a mineral, a rock. Its name, when you find it on the ground in its natural form, is Halite.
powdered Sodium chloride
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.
Rock salt
Rock salt
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.