Halite

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Occurrence

Sedimentary Enclosed Playas Badwater Basin Death Valley National Park

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Uses

Cure Bacon Fish Salt mill Brine

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Gallery

Faiyum Egypt Jurassic Carmel Formation Utah

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Mining

Sifto Room and pillar mining Lake Huron United Kingdom Winsford

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Category: Halide mineral
Cleavage: Perfect {001}, three directions cubic
Color: Colorless or white when pure. Impurities produce any color but usually yellow, gray, black, brown, red (Depends on isotopes and purity for various colours)
Crystal class: Hexoctahedral (m3m) H-M symbol: (4/m 3 2/m)
Crystal habit: Predominantly cubes and in massive sedimentary beds, but also granular, fibrous and compact
Crystal system: Cubic

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Overview

Salt
Mineral
Sodium chloride
Na Sodium
Cl Chlorine
Isometric crystals Cubic (crystal system)
Impurities
Evaporite
Sulfates Sulfate mineral
Halides Halide mineral
Borates Borate mineral

Occurrence

Mining

Uses

Cure Curing (food preservation)
Bacon
Fish Salted fish
Salt mill Burr mill
Brine
Freezing-point depression
Snow storm
On roads Road salt
Salt brine
Historically History of salt
Salting the earth
Judges 9:45 Judge (Bible)
Polyhalite
Sulfate
Shotgun shells Shotgun shell

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Avg. degree1.98

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Halite

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related to Occurrence · 24

Halite → Appalachian Basin, Badwater Basin, Canada, Dasol, Death Valley National Park, Deposits, In, Islamabad, Kansas, Michigan Basin, New Mexico, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Other, Pakistan, Pangasinan, Philippines, Saskatchewan

related to Gallery · 14

Halite → CanadaPebbles, Carmel Formation, Dead Sea, EgyptHopper, Faiyum, Israel, Jurassic, Large, Potash Corporation, Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Mine, Unusual, UtahSharp

related to Uses · 7

Halite → Also, Because, It, Larger, Otherwise, Salt, Using

Category · 1

Halite → Halide mineral

Cleavage · 1

Halite → Perfect {001}, three directions cubic

Color · 1

Halite → Colorless or white when pure. Impurities produce any color but usually yellow, gray, black, brown, red (Depends on isotopes and purity for various colours)

Crystal class · 1

Halite → Hexoctahedral (m3m) H-M symbol: (4/m 3 2/m)

Crystal habit · 1

Halite → Predominantly cubes and in massive sedimentary beds, but also granular, fibrous and compact

Crystal system · 1

Halite → Cubic

Diaphaneity · 1

Halite → Transparent to Translucent

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Important terminology

salt also rock mineral crystals used impurities mine beds form crystal white cubic pure may sedimentary ice occurs minerals color

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Halite	Category	Halide mineral	1.00	infobox
Halite	Cleavage	Perfect {001}, three directions cubic	1.00	infobox
Halite	Color	Colorless or white when pure. Impurities produce any color but usually yellow, gray, black, brown, red (Depends on isotopes and purity for various colours)	1.00	infobox
Halite	Crystal class	Hexoctahedral (m3m) H-M symbol: (4/m 3 2/m)	1.00	infobox
Halite	Crystal habit	Predominantly cubes and in massive sedimentary beds, but also granular, fibrous and compact	1.00	infobox
Halite	Crystal system	Cubic	1.00	infobox
Halite	Diaphaneity	Transparent to Translucent	1.00	infobox
Halite	Formula	NaCl	1.00	infobox
Halite	Formula mass	58.433 g/mol	1.00	infobox
Halite	Fracture	Conchoidal	1.00	infobox
Halite	IMA symbol	Hl	1.00	infobox
Halite	Luster	Vitreous	1.00	infobox
Halite	Melting point	800.7 °C	1.00	infobox
Halite	Mohs scale hardness	2.0–2.5	1.00	infobox
Halite	Optical properties	Isotropic	1.00	infobox
Halite	Other characteristics	Salty flavor, may be fluorescent	1.00	infobox
Halite	Refractive index	n = 1.544	1.00	infobox
Halite	Solubility	Water-soluble	1.00	infobox
Halite	Space group	Fm3m	1.00	infobox
Halite	Specific gravity	2.17	1.00	infobox
Halite	Streak	White	1.00	infobox
Halite	Strunz classification	3.AA.20	1.00	infobox
Halite	Tenacity	Brittle	1.00	infobox
Halite	Unit cell	a = 5.6404(1) Å; Z = 4	1.00	infobox

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