- rock halite
- A sedimentary rock (evaporite) composed primarily of halite (NaCl).SW
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rock anhydrite — A sedimentary rock (evaporite) composed chiefly of mineral anhydrite (anhydrous CaSO4); The rock is generally massive, cryptocrystalline, and may exhibit rhythmic sedimentation (rhymites). Compare: rock gypsum, rock halite. SW … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
Rock — Rock(s) may refer to: * Rock (geology), a mineral substance * Rock music, a form of popular musicPlaces* Rock, Cornwall, a village in Kernow (Cornwall) * Rock, Worcestershire, a village in Worcestershire, UK * Rock, Kansas, an unincorporated… … Wikipedia
halite — rock salt, 1868, coined as Mod.L. halites (Glocker, 1847), from Gk. hals salt (see HALO (Cf. halo )) + chemical noun suffix ITE (Cf. ite) … Etymology dictionary
halite — [hal′īt΄, hā′līt΄] n. [< Gr hals, SALT + ITE1] a soft, colorless or white mineral, NaCl; native sodium chloride; rock salt … English World dictionary
rock salt — n. common salt, natural sodium chloride, occurring in solid form, esp. in rocklike masses; halite … English World dictionary
rock salt — halite (sodium chloride) … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Halite — For the market widely known as Halite , see Central Sofia Market Hall. Halite Halite from the Wieliczka salt mine, Małopolskie, Poland (size: 16x15x13cm) General Ca … Wikipedia
halite — /hal uyt, hay luyt/, n. a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt. [1865 70; HAL + ITE1] * * * Naturally occurring sodium chloride (NaCl), common or rock salt. Halite… … Universalium
halite — The mineral form of sodium chloride (NaC1), or rock salt. Halite occurs, sometimes to considerable thicknesses, in many buried rock successions, from which it has been extracted both by mining and by redissolving it in water pumped from and… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
rock salt — noun naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride • Syn: ↑halite • Hypernyms: ↑sodium chloride, ↑common salt, ↑mineral • Substance Meronyms: ↑sodium, ↑Na, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
