Rock Salt

Structural context

Halite
Crystal System isometricCrystal Class hexoctahedralSpace Group Fm-3m

Chemical context

Stoichiometric formulas

Rock Salt
mindat.org
  • March 13, 2023NaCl
Halite
mindat.org
  • March 13, 2023NaCl
IMA
  • March 13, 2023NaCl
mineralogy.rocks
  • Aug. 30, 2022NaCl

Physical properties

ColorColor entities, recognized using a custom trained NER model
  • colourless
  • whitish
          Color noteOriginal color note from the source
          Colourless, whitish, yellow, red, purple or blue
          StreakStreak entities, recognized using a custom trained NER model
            Streak noteOriginal streak note from the source
            White
            Lustre
            Vitreous
            Fracture
            Conchoidal
            Transparency
            Transparent
            Translucent
            Tenacity
            brittle
            Hardness
            2.5
            Calculated density
            2.165