The formal mineral name for crystalline sodium chloride is halite, derived from the Greek word hals meaning salt. From Wordnik.com. [Halite] Reference
Evaporite minerals such as halite (sodium chloride, or table salt) and gypsum produce the white deposits. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Earth Observatory] Reference
Geologically, salt is also known by its mineral name halite. From Wordnik.com. [Halite] Reference
It is soluble in water and has a salty taste like the mineral halite. From Wordnik.com. [Sodium sulfate] Reference
The most well-known mineral of this group is halite (NaCl) or rock salt. From Wordnik.com. [Composition of rocks] Reference
Even more curious were the hundreds of tiny bubbles suspended in the halite crystals. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Water From Afar] Reference
France 1 fresh 11 glass 1 good 9 halite 1 ham 1 hard 4 horrid 1 ice-cream 1 ingredient 1. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Association in Insanity] Reference
Its most noticeable and important physical feature is that halite is readily soluble in water. From Wordnik.com. [Halite] Reference
Shaking his head, the litah sent a shower of sparkling halite crystals flying in all directions. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
The major minerals are halite — common table salt — and gypsum — a common component of drywall. From Wordnik.com. [Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia] Reference
This deposit consists of thick, extensive beds of trona and thin trona beds inter-bedded with salt (halite). From Wordnik.com. [Soda ash or Trona] Reference
This allows halite to be useful in such varied applications as cooking, food preservation, and chemical production. From Wordnik.com. [Halite] Reference
When seawater evaporates in a closed lagoon, halite and other minerals precipitate out and sink to the bottom as crystals. From Wordnik.com. [Halite] Reference
Some industrial minerals are used as sources of important chemicals (e.g. halite for sodium chloride and borax for borates). From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 10- Minerals] Reference
Jerry took the halite, knocked off a corner with a small stone, then used the stone to grind the pieces against another stone. From Wordnik.com. [Enemy Mine]
Turning his back on his imploring but inanimate family, he walked up to where the black litah stood frozen in the midst of suffocating halite. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
In some modern dry salt lakes, a crust of halite can be recovered by simply scraping the salt crust off the lake bottom with bulldozers or scrapers. From Wordnik.com. [Halite] Reference
Stepping back, the herdsman saw to his horror that the sleek ebony flank was already beginning to show a crust of rapidly congealing halite crystals. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Pointing sharply to a column of whitened, translucent halite that had been undercut by the wind, Hunkapa Aub conveyed childlike excitement in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
The scientists were intrigued to find vivid purple crystals of halite inside the meteorite, since halite is a salt mineral usually formed from liquid water. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Water From Afar] Reference
By dating the halite, Zolensky's team found the water trapped inside it formed at least 4.5 billion years ago, back when most scientists believe our solar system was born. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Water From Afar] Reference
Rising from pools of rapidly dispersing and evaporating water, crystals of halite and gypsum sparkled like diamonds as they precipitated out of the chloride-heavy solution. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Consider salt, or, as the geeks like to call it, halite. From Wordnik.com. [Everything2 New Writeups] Reference
About 1 million tons of halite was recovered during that time, he said. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Pebbles cemented with halite on the western shore of the Dead Sea near Ein. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to LESOTHO: Hard times delay MDGs] Reference
XIV > this one guy got every question wrong except "what shape of gem is a halite?". From Wordnik.com. [linkfilter.net - fresh links] Reference
Chlorine occurs in nature chiefly combined with sodium, as halite or rock salt (NaCl). From Wordnik.com. [A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.] Reference
Common salt constitutes the mineral halite, the composition of which is sodium chloride. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
The mined halite was used for table salt, water softener and livestock salt licks, Murphy said. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Mount Sodom, Israel, showing the so-called "Lot's Wife" pillar made of halite like the rest of the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Tourism revenues up 28% in first half - report] Reference
The minerals anorthite, albite, and orthoclase named in this figure are all feldspars; sylvite and halite are chlorides of potash and soda. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
" Uncertainly, Ehomba watched as Ahlitah continued to stalk the weathered parapet of halite crystals. From Wordnik.com. [A Triumph of Souls]
Chlorine is a compound of the most common minerals; rock salt or halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl) and carnallite (MgCl12. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
A compound oft he most common minerals; rock salt or halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl) and carnallite (MgCl12. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
(NaCl)., common salt, table salt, halite. From Wordnik.com. [NotionsCapital] Reference
Natron, halite, hauynite, plagioclase, oligo-clase, sodalite, glauberite, cryolite, glauber salt. From Wordnik.com. [13. Glaze oxides] Reference
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