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单词 halite
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Definition of halite in English:

halite

noun ˈhalʌɪt
mass noun
  • Sodium chloride as a mineral, typically occurring as colourless cubic crystals; rock salt.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most common minerals of chlorine are halite, or rock salt, sylvite, and carnallite.
    • Although relatively simple, this system offers a wide range of minerals to depict (e.g., fluorite, halite, pyrite, and so forth).
    • If the test sample is halite (only sodium ions), then the washing remains clear, being composed of soluble sodium chloride and soluble sodium tetraphenylborate.
    • In addition to quartz, fluid inclusions can occur in carbonates, gypsum, halite, fluorite, feldspar, garnet, pyroxene, amphibole, tourmaline, olivine, and sphalerite; indeed in most minerals except phyllosilicates.
    • Sodium chloride (chemical formula NaCl), known as table salt, rock salt, sea salt, and the mineral halite, is an ionic compound consisting of cube-shaped crystals composed of the elements sodium and chlorine.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek hals 'salt' + -ite1.

 
 

Definition of halite in US English:

halite

noun
  • Sodium chloride as a mineral, typically occurring as colorless cubic crystals; rock salt.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most common minerals of chlorine are halite, or rock salt, sylvite, and carnallite.
    • In addition to quartz, fluid inclusions can occur in carbonates, gypsum, halite, fluorite, feldspar, garnet, pyroxene, amphibole, tourmaline, olivine, and sphalerite; indeed in most minerals except phyllosilicates.
    • Sodium chloride (chemical formula NaCl), known as table salt, rock salt, sea salt, and the mineral halite, is an ionic compound consisting of cube-shaped crystals composed of the elements sodium and chlorine.
    • If the test sample is halite (only sodium ions), then the washing remains clear, being composed of soluble sodium chloride and soluble sodium tetraphenylborate.
    • Although relatively simple, this system offers a wide range of minerals to depict (e.g., fluorite, halite, pyrite, and so forth).

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek hals ‘salt’ + -ite.

 
 
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