rock salt

Image credit: James St. John

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mineral precipitates

CaCO3

fossiliferous limestone coquina oolite travertine

limestone breccia micrite chalk

(Ca,Mg)(CO3)2 dolostone

SiO2 diatomite chert

Fe2O3 ironstone

clastic

conglomerate breccia sandstone shale

organic carbon

peat lignite bituminous coal anthracite

rock salt

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Resources: rock salt

Image Galleries

• Flickr Image gallery, James St. John: rock salt

• Mindat.org image gallery: halite

• Google images: rock salt

Other Resources

• Mindat.org: About halite

• Sandatlas: halite

• minerals and mining halite in Minerals Education Coalition