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HALITE
By: Eli Moore And Janiqua Mosley
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
 A salt like substance, rough but can be smooth.
 White when pure.
 Cannot be scratched with a fingernail.
MINERAL CLASS
 M3m(4/m 3.2lm)
 (can be found in a lake in a dissolved substance)
 Halogenates: halite sylvatic group
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
 Found in dried lakebeds in arid climates and is used as tablesalt.
LUSTER
 Vitreous, transparent or translucent.
STREAK
 White or crystal clear.
HARDNESS
 Scale size 2cm
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
 2.1-2.6
COLOR
 It can be colorless, whitish, yellow, red, purple or blue.
 Usually clear or white.
CLEAVAGE
 C= perfect on 1001
 F= conchoidal
 Perfect cubic, fracture uneven.
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USE
 Halite is used for toothpaste, making acids, chlorine, and in food
seasoning.
http://www.geology.neab.net/minerals/halite.htm
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