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Halite, commonly known as rock salt, is the natural mineral form of sodium chloride (NaCl) that typically appears as colorless or white crystals, though it can also be various other colors depending on impurities. It matters because it's a naturally occurring salt mineral that commonly occurs alongside other evaporite minerals and has practical applications as a source of salt.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Halite
- Mineral.category
- Halide mineral
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- e8e8e8
- Mineral.image
- Halit (NaCl) - Kopalnia soli Wieliczka, Polska.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Halite from the Wieliczka salt mine, Małopolskie, Poland
- Mineral.formula
- NaCl
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Hl
- Mineral.molweight
- 58.433g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 3.AA.20
- Mineral.system
- Cubic
- Mineral.class
- Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Fmm
- Mineral.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)
- Mineral.habit
- Predominantly cubes and in massive sedimentary beds, but also granular, fibrous and compact
- Mineral.cleavage
- Perfect {001}, three directions cubic
- Mineral.fracture
- Conchoidal
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
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La halita, sal o sal de roca es un mineral sedimentario, un tipo de sal, que es la forma mineral (natural) del cloruro de sodio (NaCl). Forma cristales isométricos. Suele ser incolora o blanca, pero también puede ser de color azul claro, azul oscuro, púrpura, rosa, rojo, naranja, amarillo o gris, dependiendo de la inclusión de otros materiales, impurezas y anomalías estructurales o isotópicas en los cristales. Se la encuentra comúnmente en presencia de otros minerales de depósito de evaporita como por ejemplo sulfatos, haluros y boratos. El nombre halita se deriva de la palabra griega antigua para "sal", ἅλς (háls).
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