Halite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Halide
- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Hardness
- Soft (Mohs under 3)
- Colour
- Colourless, White
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Industry
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The Wieliczka salt mine near Kraków, mined since the Middle Ages, has whole chapels carved from rock salt.
- Beds of halite are left behind when ancient shallow seas and lakes evaporate, sometimes hundreds of metres thick.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q5314 · All stones · All entries