halite
IPA: hˈæɫaɪt
noun
- (mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
- (chemistry) An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.
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Examples of "halite" in Sentences
- Her name is based on the mineral Halite.
- Pure halite has a density of 2160 kg/m3.
- It is often associated with the minerals halite and sulfur.
- Halite rock salt is produced as a byproduct of potash mining.
- Halite. is the homeroom teacher of Ruby's Class in Jewel Land.
- It occurs in association with carnallite, halite and kieserite.
- Evaporite formations need not be composed entirely of halite salt.
- Two commercially important halide minerals are halite and fluorite.
- The richest mineral deposits in the country are halite sodium chloride .
- In all of these cases, halite is said to be behaving in the manner of a rheid.