Crossword clues for halite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Halite \Ha"lite\ (h[=a]"l[imac]t or h[a^]l"[imac]t), n. [Gr. "a`ls salt.] (Min.) Native salt; sodium chloride.
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).
Wiktionary
n. (context mineral English) native salt; sodium chloride sodiumchlorine as a mineral; rock salt.
WordNet
n. naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride [syn: rock salt]
Wikipedia
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 or gray depending on the amount and type of impurities. It commonly occurs with other evaporite deposit minerals such as several of the sulfates, halides, and borates.
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.