evaporites

Crystallized mineral residue

Evaporites are sedimentary rocks and minerals formed when bodies of water evaporate, leaving behind dissolved substances.

Common evaporites include rock salt, gypsum, and potash—all deposited as ancient seas or lakes dried up.

These deposits are mined for salt, fertilizers, and industrial chemicals.

The evaporites in this region indicate it was once covered by a shallow sea.

minerals

halite

Crystalline sodium chloride ore

formation

Water saturated with sodium

deposits

Alkaline fertilizer compound

Opposites

formation process

Stone from cooled magma

water relationship

Sediment from ice movement

solubility/chemical behavior

evaporitessilicates

Silicon-oxygen bonded minerals

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