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 

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.

USE  Halite is used for toothpaste, making acids, chlorine, and in food seasoning.