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Mindat Short Description

Natural sodium chloride (also named rocksalt; water-soluble). Occurs both as evaporite deposits in saline lakes and watercourses, or as bedded sedimentary deposits, or as salt domes.

Experimental volcanic gas condensation by Africano et al. (2002) s...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Previously known as rocksalt: Glocker E F (1847) Ordo XVIII. Hydrolyti. I. Hydrolyti ametalli. 6. Halites, in Generum et Specierum Mineralium, Secundum Ordines Naturales Digestorum Synopsis, Apud Eduardum Anton 288-304

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

NaCl

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

NaCl

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/halite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Halite.shtml