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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="هاليت – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="هاليت" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halita" title="Halita – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Halita" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9F" title="হ্যালাইট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="হ্যালাইট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82" title="Галіт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Галіт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A8" title="चट्टानी नून – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="चट्टानी नून" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Халит – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Халит" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halita" title="Halita – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Halita" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%83%D0%BB_%D1%82%C4%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Чул тăвар – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Чул тăвар" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliit" title="Haliit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Haliit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Αλίτης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αλίτης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halita" title="Halita – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Halita" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halito" title="Halito – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Halito" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halita" title="Halita – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Halita" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%86%D9%85%DA%A9" title="سنگ نمک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سنگ نمک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halite" title="Halite – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Halite" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail%C3%ADt" title="Hailít – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Hailít" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halita" title="Halita – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Halita" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A7%E0%AA%B5" title="સિંધવ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="સિંધવ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%94%EC%97%BC" title="암염 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="암염" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BF" title="Հալիտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հալիտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%95" title="सेंधा नमक – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सेंधा नमक" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%C3%ADt" title="Halít – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Halít" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halite" title="Halite – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Halite" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98" title="הליט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הליט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%81" title="ಕಲ್ಲುಪ್ಪು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಕಲ್ಲುಪ್ಪು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Галит – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Галит" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%88_%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Таш туз – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Таш туз" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal%C4%ABts" title="Halīts – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Halīts" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitas" title="Halitas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Halitas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%91s%C3%B3" title="Kősó – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kősó" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siravato" title="Siravato – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Siravato" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="ഹാലൈറ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഹാലൈറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A0" title="सैंधव मीठ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सैंधव मीठ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliet" title="Haliet – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Haliet" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A9%E5%A1%A9" title="岩塩 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="岩塩" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitt" title="Halitt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Halitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitt" title="Halitt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Halitt" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sau_gemma" title="Sau gemma – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sau gemma" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanaagoo" title="Sanaagoo – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Sanaagoo" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halit" title="Halit – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Halit" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halita" title="Halita – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Halita" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sare_gem%C4%83" title="Sare gemă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sare gemă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Галит – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Галит" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halite" title="Halite – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Halite" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kripa_e_gurit" title="Kripa e gurit – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kripa e gurit" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halite" title="Halite – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Halite" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" 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For edible coarse salt, see <a href="/wiki/Kosher_salt" title="Kosher salt">Kosher salt</a>. For the cubic crystal structure known as the "rock-salt" structure, see <a href="/wiki/Cubic_crystal_system#Rock-salt_structure" title="Cubic crystal system">Cubic crystal system § Rock-salt structure</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Halite_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Halite (disambiguation)">Halite (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color:black; background-color: #e8e8e8">Halite</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Halit_(NaCl)_-_Kopalnia_soli_Wieliczka,_Polska.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Halit_%28NaCl%29_-_Kopalnia_soli_Wieliczka%2C_Polska.jpg/330px-Halit_%28NaCl%29_-_Kopalnia_soli_Wieliczka%2C_Polska.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Halit_%28NaCl%29_-_Kopalnia_soli_Wieliczka%2C_Polska.jpg/500px-Halit_%28NaCl%29_-_Kopalnia_soli_Wieliczka%2C_Polska.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Halit_%28NaCl%29_-_Kopalnia_soli_Wieliczka%2C_Polska.jpg/960px-Halit_%28NaCl%29_-_Kopalnia_soli_Wieliczka%2C_Polska.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3794" data-file-height="2529" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Halite from the <a href="/wiki/Wieliczka_salt_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Wieliczka salt mine">Wieliczka salt mine</a>, Małopolskie, Poland</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color: #e8e8e8">General</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Halide_mineral" title="Halide mineral">Halide mineral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chemical_formula" title="Chemical formula">Formula</a></th><td class="infobox-data">NaCl</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mineral_symbols" title="List of mineral symbols">IMA symbol</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Hl<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nickel%E2%80%93Strunz_classification" title="Nickel–Strunz classification">Strunz classification</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3.AA.20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_system" title="Crystal system">Crystal system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cubic_(crystal_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cubic (crystal system)">Cubic</a><sup id="cite_ref-geocomhalite_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geocomhalite-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystal class">Crystal class</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Hexoctahedral (m<span style="text-decoration:overline;">3</span>m) <br /><a href="/wiki/H-M_symbol" class="mw-redirect" title="H-M symbol">H-M symbol</a>: (4/m <span style="text-decoration:overline;">3</span> 2/m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Space_group" title="Space group">Space group</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>F</i>m<span style="text-decoration:overline;">3</span>m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_structure#Unit_cell" title="Crystal structure">Unit cell</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">a = 5.6404(1) Å;</span> <span class="nowrap">Z = 4</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:black; background-color: #e8e8e8">Identification</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Formula_mass" class="mw-redirect" title="Formula mass">Formula mass</a></th><td class="infobox-data">58.433<span class="nowrap"> </span>g/mol</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Color</th><td class="infobox-data">Colorless or white when pure. Impurities produce any color but usually yellow, gray, black, brown, red (Depends on isotopes and purity for various colours)<sup id="cite_ref-geocomhalite_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-geocomhalite-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crystal_habit" title="Crystal habit">Crystal habit</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Predominantly cubes and in massive sedimentary beds, but also granular, fibrous and compact</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cleavage_(crystal)" title="Cleavage (crystal)">Cleavage</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Perfect {001}, three directions cubic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fracture_(mineralogy)" title="Fracture (mineralogy)">Fracture</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Conchoidal</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Tenacity_(mineralogy)" title="Tenacity (mineralogy)">Tenacity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Brittle</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohs scale of mineral hardness">Mohs scale</a> hardness</th><td class="infobox-data">2.0–2.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lustre_(mineralogy)" title="Lustre (mineralogy)">Luster</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Vitreous</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Streak_(mineralogy)" title="Streak (mineralogy)">Streak</a></th><td class="infobox-data">White</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Transparency_and_translucency" title="Transparency and translucency">Diaphaneity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Transparent to Translucent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Specific_gravity" class="mw-redirect" title="Specific gravity">Specific gravity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2.17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Optical properties</th><td class="infobox-data">Isotropic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Refractive_index" title="Refractive index">Refractive index</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">n = 1.544</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Melting_point" title="Melting point">Melting point</a></th><td class="infobox-data">800.7<span class="nowrap"> </span>°C</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Solubility" title="Solubility">Solubility</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Water-soluble</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other characteristics</th><td class="infobox-data">Salty flavor, fluorescent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">References</th><td class="infobox-data"><sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mindat_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mindat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Webmin_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webmin-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haynes_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haynes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Halite</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">HAL</span>-yte, <span style="font-size:90%">HAY</span>-lyte</i></a>),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> commonly known as <b>rock salt</b>, is a type of <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mineral" title="Mineral">mineral</a> (natural) form of <a href="/wiki/Sodium_chloride" title="Sodium chloride">sodium chloride</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium">Na</a><a href="/wiki/Chlorine" title="Chlorine">Cl</a>). Halite forms <a href="/wiki/Cubic_(crystal_system)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cubic (crystal system)">isometric crystals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow or gray depending on inclusion of other materials, <a href="/wiki/Impurities" class="mw-redirect" title="Impurities">impurities</a>, and structural or isotopic abnormalities in the crystals.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It commonly occurs with other <a href="/wiki/Evaporite" title="Evaporite">evaporite</a> deposit minerals such as several of the <a href="/wiki/Sulfate_mineral" title="Sulfate mineral">sulfates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halide_mineral" title="Halide mineral">halides</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Borate_mineral" title="Borate mineral">borates</a>. The name <i>halite</i> is derived from the Ancient Greek word for "salt", ἅλς (<i>háls</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Handbook_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Handbook-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence">Occurrence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Occurrence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Halite-249324.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Halite-249324.jpg/250px-Halite-249324.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Halite-249324.jpg/330px-Halite-249324.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Halite-249324.jpg/340px-Halite-249324.jpg 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Halite cubes from the Stassfurt Potash Deposit, <a href="/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt" title="Saxony-Anhalt">Saxony-Anhalt</a>, Germany (size: 6.7 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm)</figcaption></figure> <p>Halite dominantly occurs within sedimentary rocks where it has formed from the evaporation of seawater or salty lake water. Vast beds of <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedimentary">sedimentary</a> evaporite minerals, including halite, can result from the drying up of <a href="/wiki/Endorheic" class="mw-redirect" title="Endorheic">enclosed</a> lakes and restricted seas. Such salt beds may be hundreds of meters thick and underlie broad areas.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Halite occurs at the surface today in <a href="/wiki/Dry_lake" title="Dry lake">playas</a> in regions where evaporation exceeds precipitation such as in the salt flats of <a href="/wiki/Badwater_Basin" title="Badwater Basin">Badwater Basin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Death_Valley_National_Park" title="Death Valley National Park">Death Valley National Park</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, extensive underground beds extend from the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Appalachian Basin">Appalachian Basin</a> of western <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> through parts of <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> and under much of the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Basin" title="Michigan Basin">Michigan Basin</a>. Other deposits are in <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>. Deposits can also be found near <a href="/wiki/Dasol" title="Dasol">Dasol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pangasinan" title="Pangasinan">Pangasinan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. The <a href="/wiki/Khewra_Salt_Mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Khewra Salt Mines">Khewra salt mine</a> is a massive deposit of halite near <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a>, Pakistan. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Salt_dome" title="Salt dome">Salt domes</a> are vertical <a href="/wiki/Diapir" title="Diapir">diapirs</a> or pipe-like masses of salt that have been essentially "squeezed up" from underlying salt beds by mobilization due to the weight of the overlying rock. Salt domes contain <a href="/wiki/Anhydrite" title="Anhydrite">anhydrite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gypsum" title="Gypsum">gypsum</a>, and native <a href="/wiki/Sulfur" title="Sulfur">sulfur</a>, in addition to halite and <a href="/wiki/Sylvite" title="Sylvite">sylvite</a>. They are common along the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf coasts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> and are often associated with <a href="/wiki/Petroleum" title="Petroleum">petroleum</a> deposits. <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> also have salt domes.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Salt_glacier" title="Salt glacier">Salt glaciers</a> exist in arid Iran where the salt has broken through the surface at high elevation and flows downhill. In these cases, halite is said to be behaving like a <a href="/wiki/Rheid" title="Rheid">rheid</a>. </p><p>Unusual, purple, fibrous vein-filling halite is found in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and a few other localities. Halite crystals termed <i>hopper crystals</i> appear to be "skeletons" of the typical cubes, with the edges present and stairstep depressions on, or rather in, each crystal face. In a rapidly crystallizing environment, the edges of the cubes simply grow faster than the centers. Halite crystals form very quickly in some rapidly evaporating lakes resulting in modern artifacts with a coating or encrustation of halite crystals.<sup id="cite_ref-Halite_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halite-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Halite flowers</i> are rare <a href="/wiki/Stalactite" title="Stalactite">stalactites</a> of curling fibers of halite that are found in certain arid caves of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain" title="Nullarbor Plain">Nullarbor Plain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Halite stalactites and encrustations are also reported in the Quincy <a href="/wiki/Native_copper" title="Native copper">native copper</a> mine of <a href="/wiki/Hancock,_Michigan" title="Hancock, Michigan">Hancock, Michigan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mining">Mining</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mining"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The world's largest underground salt mine is the <a href="/wiki/Sifto_Canada" title="Sifto Canada">Sifto</a> Salt Mine. It produces over 7 million tons of rock salt per year using the <a href="/wiki/Room_and_pillar_mining" title="Room and pillar mining">room and pillar mining</a> method. It is located half a kilometre under <a href="/wiki/Lake_Huron" title="Lake Huron">Lake Huron</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> there are three mines; the largest of these is at <a href="/wiki/Winsford" title="Winsford">Winsford</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, producing, on average, one million tonnes of salt per year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Uses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Salt is used extensively in cooking as a flavor enhancer, and to <a href="/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation)" title="Curing (food preservation)">cure</a> a wide variety of foods such as <a href="/wiki/Bacon" title="Bacon">bacon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salted_fish" title="Salted fish">fish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is frequently used in food preservation methods across various cultures. Larger pieces can be ground in a <a href="/wiki/Burr_mill" title="Burr mill">salt mill</a> or dusted over food from a shaker as finishing salt. </p><p>Halite is also often used both residentially and municipally for managing ice. Because <a href="/wiki/Brine" title="Brine">brine</a> (a solution of water and salt) has a lower freezing point than pure water, putting salt or saltwater on ice that is below 0 °C (32 °F) will cause it to melt—this effect is called <a href="/wiki/Freezing-point_depression" title="Freezing-point depression">freezing-point depression</a>. It is common for homeowners in cold climates to spread salt on their sidewalks and driveways after a <a href="/wiki/Snow_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Snow storm">snow storm</a> to melt the ice. It is not necessary to use so much salt that the ice is completely melted; rather, a small amount of salt will weaken the ice so that it can be easily removed by other means. Also, many cities will spread a mixture of sand and salt <a href="/wiki/Road_salt" title="Road salt">on roads</a> during and after a snowstorm to improve traction. Using <a href="/wiki/Salt_brine" class="mw-redirect" title="Salt brine">salt brine</a> is more effective than spreading dry salt because moisture is necessary for the freezing-point depression to work and wet salt sticks to the roads better. Otherwise the salt can be wiped away by traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to de-icing, rock salt is occasionally used in agriculture. An example of this would be inducing salt stress to suppress the growth of annual meadow grass in turf production. Other examples involve exposing weeds to salt water to dehydrate and kill them preventing them from affecting other plants. Salt is also used as a household cleaning product. Its coarse nature allows for its use in various cleaning scenarios including grease/oil removal, stain removal, dries out and hardens sticky spills for an easier clean.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Some cultures, especially in Africa and Brazil, prefer a wide variety of different rock salts for different dishes. Pure salt is avoided as particular colors of salt indicates the presence of different impurities. Many recipes call for particular kinds of rock salt, and imported pure salt often has impurities added to adapt to local tastes.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/History_of_salt" title="History of salt">Historically</a>, salt was used as a form of currency in barter systems and was exclusively controlled by authorities and their appointees. In some ancient civilizations the practice of <a href="/wiki/Salting_the_earth" title="Salting the earth">salting the earth</a> was done to make conquered land of an enemy infertile and inhospitable as an act of domination or spite. One biblical reference to this practice is in <a href="/wiki/Judge_(Bible)" class="mw-redirect" title="Judge (Bible)">Judges 9:45</a>: "he killed the people in it, pulled the wall down and sowed the site with salt."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Polyhalite" title="Polyhalite">Polyhalite</a>, a mineral fertilizer, is not an NaCl-polymer, but hydrated sulfate of potassium, calcium and magnesium (K<sub>2</sub>Ca<sub>2</sub>Mg-<a href="/wiki/Sulfate" title="Sulfate">sulfate</a>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shotgun_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Shotgun shell">Shotgun shells</a> containing rock salt (instead of metal pellets) are a <i>less lethal</i> deterrent.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halite&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Halite-Egypt.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Unusual halite crystals from Faiyum, Egypt"><img alt="Unusual halite crystals from Faiyum, Egypt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Halite-Egypt.jpg/133px-Halite-Egypt.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Halite-Egypt.jpg/200px-Halite-Egypt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Halite-Egypt.jpg/266px-Halite-Egypt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1262" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Unusual halite crystals from <a href="/wiki/Faiyum" title="Faiyum">Faiyum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SaltCrystalCasts.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Hopper crystal cast of halite in a Jurassic rock, Carmel Formation, Utah"><img alt="Hopper crystal cast of halite in a Jurassic rock, Carmel Formation, Utah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/SaltCrystalCasts.JPG/133px-SaltCrystalCasts.JPG" decoding="async" width="133" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/SaltCrystalCasts.JPG/200px-SaltCrystalCasts.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/SaltCrystalCasts.JPG/266px-SaltCrystalCasts.JPG 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="804" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hopper crystal cast of halite in a <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> rock, <a href="/wiki/Carmel_Formation" title="Carmel Formation">Carmel Formation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Halite-233134.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sharp halite crystals that have this green color from inclusions of malachite"><img alt="Sharp halite crystals that have this green color from inclusions of malachite" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Halite-233134.jpg/133px-Halite-233134.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Halite-233134.jpg/200px-Halite-233134.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Halite-233134.jpg/266px-Halite-233134.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="721" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sharp halite crystals that have this green color from inclusions of malachite</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HALIT_X_NaCl_Natriumchlorid_W%C3%9CRFEL_KUBUS_50P.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Large natural crystal of halite, showing cubic crystal form"><img alt="Large natural crystal of halite, showing cubic crystal form" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/HALIT_X_NaCl_Natriumchlorid_W%C3%9CRFEL_KUBUS_50P.jpg/133px-HALIT_X_NaCl_Natriumchlorid_W%C3%9CRFEL_KUBUS_50P.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/HALIT_X_NaCl_Natriumchlorid_W%C3%9CRFEL_KUBUS_50P.jpg/200px-HALIT_X_NaCl_Natriumchlorid_W%C3%9CRFEL_KUBUS_50P.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/HALIT_X_NaCl_Natriumchlorid_W%C3%9CRFEL_KUBUS_50P.jpg/266px-HALIT_X_NaCl_Natriumchlorid_W%C3%9CRFEL_KUBUS_50P.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2050" data-file-height="1950" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Large natural crystal of halite, showing cubic crystal form</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Halite-Nahcolite-60710.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pink color halite on a matrix covered with minute nahcolite"><img alt="Pink color halite on a matrix covered with minute nahcolite" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Halite-Nahcolite-60710.jpg/125px-Halite-Nahcolite-60710.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Halite-Nahcolite-60710.jpg/187px-Halite-Nahcolite-60710.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Halite-Nahcolite-60710.jpg/250px-Halite-Nahcolite-60710.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pink color halite on a matrix covered with minute nahcolite</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Halite-57430.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Halite from Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine in Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada"><img alt="Halite from Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine in Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Halite-57430.jpg/133px-Halite-57430.jpg" decoding="async" width="133" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Halite-57430.jpg/200px-Halite-57430.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Halite-57430.jpg/266px-Halite-57430.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="539" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Halite from <a href="/wiki/Potash_Corporation_of_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan">Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan</a> Mine in <a href="/wiki/Rocanville,_Saskatchewan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocanville, Saskatchewan">Rocanville, Saskatchewan</a>, Canada</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163px; height: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Halite_Dead_Sea_Beach_Pebbles.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Pebbles made of halite from the western Dead Sea coast, Israel"><img alt="Pebbles made of halite from the western Dead Sea coast, Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Halite_Dead_Sea_Beach_Pebbles.JPG/133px-Halite_Dead_Sea_Beach_Pebbles.JPG" decoding="async" width="133" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Halite_Dead_Sea_Beach_Pebbles.JPG/200px-Halite_Dead_Sea_Beach_Pebbles.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Halite_Dead_Sea_Beach_Pebbles.JPG/266px-Halite_Dead_Sea_Beach_Pebbles.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2892" data-file-height="2376" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Pebbles made of halite from the western <a href="/wiki/Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Dead Sea</a> coast, Israel</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Halite&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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