Table salt, or just salt, NaCl, is a mineral. It is usually referred by geologists as the mineral halite. The difference between rocks in minerals is that rocks are made of combinations of minerals, and not the other way around. A classic way to think of this is minerals being "letters", and rocks being "words".
The common name for the mineral halite is salt.
Mineral
The mineral halite (table salt) meets all the requirements for being defined as a mineral in that it is naturally occurring, a solid, has a chemical formula, has a crystalline structure, and is inorganic.
Table salt primarily comes from two sources: mined salt from underground salt deposits or sea salt extracted through the evaporation of seawater. The main mineral in table salt is sodium chloride, which is essential for maintaining proper fluid balance and nerve function in the body.
Table salt.
Table salt is granulated and refined halite (sodium chloride mineral).
The common name for the mineral halite is salt.
Halite is sodium chloride (rock salt, table salt).
Sodium chloride is table salt (edible salt); as a mineral is known as rock salt or 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.
Mineral
NaCl is commonly known as table salt - Na=Sodium Cl=Chloride
Halite, commonly known as rock salt, shares a similar taste to table salt due to its sodium chloride composition. While not advisable to taste rocks or minerals, halite is often mined for table salt production.
Rock salt and table salt are both sodium chloride - NaCl; table salt is the pure form of rock salt.
Rock salt
Rock salt
Yes, rock salt is a mineral (halite) not a rock.