halite
Sodium chloride mineral
Halite is the mineral form of sodium chloride—rock salt.
It forms cubic crystals, often colorless or white, though impurities can tint it blue, pink, or gray.
Halite deposits result from evaporated ancient seas and are mined for table salt, road de-icing, and industrial uses.
The cave walls sparkled with halite crystals.
Chemical formula for salt
- cubicOf three dimensions
- isometricHaving uniform measurements
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- hardnessResistance to penetration
density · solubility · hygroscopic · fluorescence · impurities · pink · blue · orange
Of three dimensions
- isometricHaving uniform measurements
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- facetPlane on cut stone
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
cleavage · hopper · transparent · optical · refraction · symmetry · trigonal · hexagonal
Hydrated calcium sulfate
- anhydriteCalcium sulfate, no hydration
- boraxSodium borate compound
- potashAlkaline fertilizer compound
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
brine · precipitation · playa · marine · sequence · deposition · arid · hypersaline
Permissible by Jewish law
- finishingBringing to completion
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- preservativeAgent preventing spoilage
seasoning · flavor · salinity · iodized · grinder · coarse · flaky · pickling
Formed from deposited material
- formationCreation or arrangement
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- strataParallel geological layers
- bedrockSolid stone underground
dome · anticline · caprock · karst · dissolution · cavern · sinkhole · subsurface
Removing frozen accumulation
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- PVCChlorinated plastic abbreviation
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- dyeingColoring via immersion
ceramic · glaze · refrigeration · mining · extraction
NaCl
Chemical formula for salt
hardness · density · solubility · hygroscopic · fluorescence · impurities · pink · blue · orange · specimen
cubic
Of three dimensions
translucent · cleavage · hopper · transparent · optical · refraction · symmetry · trigonal · hexagonal · twinning
gypsum
Hydrated calcium sulfate
evaporation · brine · precipitation · playa · marine · sequence · deposition · arid · hypersaline · bittern
kosher
Permissible by Jewish law
preservative · seasoning · flavor · salinity · iodized · grinder · coarse · flaky · pickling · fermentation
sedimentary
Formed from deposited material
bedrock · dome · anticline · caprock · karst · dissolution · cavern · sinkhole · subsurface · basin
de-icing
Removing frozen accumulation
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- PVCChlorinated plastic abbreviation
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
dyeing · ceramic · glaze · refrigeration · mining · extraction
- mineralsquartz, marble, granite, limestone, sandstone
- rocks & mineralscrystal, quartz, amethyst, diamond, ruby
- saltsea salt, table salt, rock salt, kosher salt, fine salt
- crystalsquartz, amethyst, diamond, citrine, rose quartz
- salt depositsrock salt, salt flats, salt beds, salt pans, salt crystals
- soft mineralstalc, gypsum, soapstone, chalk, alabaster