halite
noun
- mineral form of sodium chloride
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhæl.aɪt/ / /ˈheɪ.laɪt/
noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), + -ite.
- Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
“The surface of halite was always sort of trippy, he thought, like a hallucinogen.”
- An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.