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halite

Naturally occurring sodium chloride (NaCl), common or rock salt. Halite occurs on all continents, in beds that range from a few feet to more than 1,000 ft (300 m) in thickness. Termed evaporite deposits because they formed by the evaporation of saline water in partially enclosed basins, they characteristically are associated with beds of limestone, dolomite, and shale. Halite is found in large deposits in New York and in Russia, France, India, and Canada.

halite [′ha‚līt]
(mineralogy)
NaCl Native salt; an evaporite mineral occurring as isometric crystals or in massive, granular, or compact form. Also known as common salt; rock salt.
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Soluble Salt Accumulations The most common soluble salts in soils are calcium and magnesium carbonates and calcium sulfate (gypsum), although other salts such as halite occur in some soils.
International year of planet earth 4. Utilizing paleosols in ... by Rutter, Nat / Geoscience Canada
The salt precipitates out and is deposited as crystallized halite.
Sedimentary Rocks by Claudia Mann / Reference and Education community
Radioactive dating of the 600-meter-thick halite deposits, and of the sediments above and below them, indicates that the salty strata formed even before dinosaurs walked the Earth.
Salty old cellulose: tiny fibers found in ancient halite deposits by Perkins, Sid / Science News
 
 
 
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