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halite

[ UK /hˈæla‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈhæɫaɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride

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  • Sodium chloride (chemical formula NaCl), known as table salt, rock salt, sea salt, and the mineral halite, is an ionic compound consisting of cube-shaped crystals composed of the elements sodium and chlorine.
  • The minerals anorthite, albite, and orthoclase named in this figure are all feldspars; sylvite and halite are chlorides of potash and soda. The Economic Aspect of Geology
  • The lower, evaporitic part of each cycle contains halite, anhydrite (secondary after sedimentary gypsum), and high salts (sylvite and polyhalite).
  • The scientists were intrigued to find vivid purple crystals of halite inside the meteorite, since halite is a salt mineral usually formed from liquid water. Ancient Water From Afar
  • Galena may also overgrow clausthalite, and replace pyrite and chalcopyrite.
  • The potassium salts like carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, and sylvite are found in ancient lake and sea beds. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • The formal mineral name for crystalline sodium chloride is halite, derived from the Greek word hals meaning salt. Halite
  • Somniloquies rise like the drowned their lungfuls of air ripple as indecipherable a vision translucent as halite in opaque huelessness the night of it meandering breath is the sea rote I float to the pupil wade the green iris shut in its eyelid these thoughts dream me and not I them how from out of silence clarities swim The Night Shore
  • Weeks later, however, the company said that the first drilling work had found a seam of polyhalite that was four times thicker than expected. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • Pure halite is colorless, though it is often colored by impurities. Halite
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