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The mineral '''Halite''' is common rock salt.

The mineral '''Halite''' is common rock salt.

{{Mineral | name=Halite | Image= | cdesc=Sodium Chloride | formula=NaCl | birefringence= | colors=Colorless, or tints of gray, yellow, red, blue | chabit=Usually the simple [[cube]], rarely [[octahedral]]; faces are commonly cavernous and develop into "[[hopper]]" crystals,   | csystem=[[Isometric]] | cleavage= Perfect, three directions at 90° | dispersion= | fracture=[[Conchoidal]], [[Brittle]] | hardness=2-2 1/2 | luminescence= | luster=[[Vitreous]] || nameorigin=From the [[Greek]] ''hals'', meaning ''salt'' | optics= | pleochroism= | sgravity=2.16 |spectral= | streak=White }}

{{Mineral  

| name=Halite  

| image=Halite%28Salt%29USGOV.jpg

| cdesc=Sodium Chloride  

| formula=NaCl  

| birefringence=  

| colors=Colorless, or tints of gray, yellow, red, blue  

| chabit=Usually a simple [[cube]], rarely [[octahedral]]; faces are commonly cavernous and develop into [[hopper]] crystals   

| csystem=[[Isometric system|Isometric]]  

| cleavage= Perfect, three directions at 90°  

| dispersion=  

| fracture=[[Conchoidal]], [[Brittle]]  

| hardness=2-2 1/2  

| luminescence=  

| luster=[[Vitreous]] |

| nameorigin=From the [[Greek]] ''hals'', meaning ''salt''  

| optics=  

| pleochroism=  

| sgravity=2.16  

| spectral=  

| streak=White  

}}

 

==Sources==

==Sources==

*Chesterman, Charles W. ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)

*Chesterman, Charles W. ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)

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