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halite
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Halite , commonly known as rock salt , is a type of salt , the mineral form of sodium chloride ( Na Cl ). Halite forms isometric crystals . The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rock-salt," 1868, coined as Modern Latin halites (Glocker, 1847), from Greek hals "salt" (see halo- ) + chemical noun suffix -ite (2).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride [syn: rock salt ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context mineral English) native salt; sodium chloride sodiumchlorine as a mineral; rock salt.
Usage examples of halite.
Superheated water was forced down a drill pipe into the dome, where it liquified the halite deposit, which was then forced up by the same pressure through a sec.
The main reason are the valuable resources of Halite (NaCl), Sylvin (KCl), Gypsum (CaSO4), Bitter Salt (MgSO4), Glaubersalt (Na2SO4) and lignite only two miles away.