halite
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- A colorless or white mineral, NaCl, occurring as cubic crystals and found in dried lakebeds in arid climates, mined or gathered for use as table salt. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- Rock salt. noun …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
- In mineralogy, native rock-salt. noun …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
- Native salt; sodium chloride. noun …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
Native salt ;sodium chloride Na Cl as a mineral;rock salt . noun …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)- naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride noun …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
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Etymology
- "rock-salt, natural sodium chloride," 1868, coined as Modern Latin halites in 1847 by German mineralogist Ernst Friedrich Glocker (1793-1858), from Greek hals "salt" (see halo-) + chemical noun suffix -ite (2).1793, 1847, 1858, 1868
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- halitLow Saxon
- halitCroatian
- halitIndonesian
- halittNorwegian (Nynorsk)
- halitasLithuanian
- haliitEstonian
- halítIcelandic
- halietDutch
- halietAfrikaans
- halītsLatvian
- hailítIrish
- هاليتArabic
- 石盐Wu
- галітUkrainian
- галитKazakh
- 岩塩Japanese
- галітBelarusian
- הליטHebrew
- халитBulgarian
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- հալիտArmenian
- 암염Korean
- αλίτηςGreek
- галитRussian
- સિંધવGujarati
- kősóHungarian
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- سنگ نمکPersian
- таш тузKyrgyz
- sau gemmaOccitan
- kaya tuzuTurkish
- sare gemăRomanian
- เกลือหินThai
- হ্যালাইটBengali
- ಕಲ್ಲುಪ್ಪುKannada
- намаксангTajik
- vuorisuolaFinnish
- सेंधा नमकHindi
- सैंधव मीठMarathi
- பாறை உப்புTamil
- రాతి ఉప్పుTelugu
- kriprat mineraleAlbanian
- tisent n wulliKabyle
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