Halite (/ˈhælaɪt, ˈheɪlaɪt/ HAL-yte, HAY-lyte), commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral (natural) form of sodium chloride (NaCl). Halite...
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Halite is the mineral form of sodium chloride. Halite may also refer to: Halite (oxyanion), also known as a halogenite Central Sofia Market Hall, in Sofia...
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National Ignition Facility (redirect from Centurion-Halite)
small nuclear bombs to illuminate ICF targets. The tests were known as Halite (LLNL) and Centurion (LANL). The basic concept behind the tests had been...
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Halite is an open-source computer programming contest developed by the hedge fund/tech firm Two Sigma in partnership with a team at Cornell Tech. Programmers...
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virtual grid. Due to the success of Halite I, Two Sigma decided to develop a second season of Halite called Halite II. This ran from October 2017 to January...
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associated with spellwork in Wiccan beliefs and related religious movements. Halite (table salt, NaCl): Microscopic and macroscopic The scientific definition...
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water-soluble. Common examples of halides include halite (NaCl, table salt), sylvite (KCl), and fluorite (CaF2). Halite and sylvite commonly form as evaporites...
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within the tunnels of a salt mine 200 metres (660 ft) underground in a halite mountain near the city of Zipaquirá, in Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is a...
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transparent or translucent, brittle, hygroscopic, and occurs as the mineral halite. In its edible form, it is commonly used as a condiment and food preservative...
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formation of Middle Devonian (Givetian) age that consists primarily of halite (rock salt) and other evaporite minerals. It is present beneath the plains...
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Himalayan salt is rock salt (halite) mined from the Punjab region. The salt, which often has a pinkish tint due to trace minerals, is primarily used as...
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4.03 Halite LiCl 5.14 Halite LiBr 5.50 Halite LiI 6.01 Halite NaF 4.63 Halite NaCl 5.64 Halite NaBr 5.97 Halite NaI 6.47 Halite KF 5.34 Halite KCl 6...
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groundwater. Halite formations are famous for their ability to form diapirs, which produce ideal locations for trapping petroleum deposits. Halite deposits...
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Cubic crystal system (redirect from Halite structure)
MgCe, RuAl and SrTl.[citation needed] The space group of the rock-salt or halite (sodium chloride) structure is denoted as Fm3m (in Hermann–Mauguin notation)...
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The "Lot's Wife" pillar on Mount Sodom, Israel, made of halite...
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Mercia Mudstone Group (section Wilkesley Halite member)
subcrop. The formations are a mix of mudstones, siltstones, sandstones and halites. Historically this sequence of rocks has been subdivided in different ways...
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granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay, potash, and halite (salt). Belarus has a large number of potash deposits – all formed during...
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salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations....
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Bristol Lake (section Halite)
in the playa followed by mud-halite and halite on top. The mud lithofacies consists of thick detrital mud, and the halite lithofacies is defined by giant...
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forms crystals in the isometric system very similar to normal rock salt, halite (NaCl). The two are, in fact, isomorphous. Sylvite is colorless to white...
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A halite, also known as a halogenite, is an oxyanion containing a halogen in a III oxidation state. It is the conjugate base of a halous acid. The known...
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Silicified remains of algae and silica pseudomorph after halite in flint. Pebble of Loire near Marcigny, France. Image width: about 5 mm....
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Salt dome (redirect from Halite dome)
Structural dome formed of salt or halite...
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Bittern (pl. bitterns), or nigari, is the salt solution formed when halite (table salt) precipitates from seawater or brines. Bitterns contain magnesium...
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cleavage planes intersecting at 90 degrees. Halite (or salt) has cubic cleavage, and therefore, when halite crystals are broken, they will form more cubes...
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form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general (being the source of the essential...
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atmospheric conditions. Anhydrite is commonly associated with calcite, halite, and sulfides such as galena, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and pyrite in vein...
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Cl, Br or I). Many salts are halides; the hal- syllable in halide and halite reflects this correlation. A halide ion is a halogen atom bearing a negative...
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romanized: Tsentralni sofiyski hali), known popularly simply as The Market Hall (Халите, Halite) is a covered market in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, located...
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mechanical mixture of the minerals sylvite (KCl, or potassium chloride) and halite (NaCl, or sodium chloride). Sylvinite is the most important source for the...
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