1. HALITE By: Eli Moore And Janiqua Mosley

2. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES  A salt like substance, rough but can be smooth.  White when pure.  Cannot be scratched with a fingernail.

3. MINERAL CLASS  M3m(4/m 3.2lm)  (can be found in a lake in a dissolved substance)  Halogenates: halite sylvatic group

4. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION  Found in dried lakebeds in arid climates and is used as tablesalt.

5. LUSTER  Vitreous, transparent or translucent.

6. STREAK  White or crystal clear.

7. HARDNESS  Scale size 2cm

8. SPECIFIC GRAVITY  2.1-2.6

9. COLOR  It can be colorless, whitish, yellow, red, purple or blue.  Usually clear or white.

10. CLEAVAGE  C= perfect on 1001  F= conchoidal  Perfect cubic, fracture uneven. http://academic.emporia.edu/abersusa/go336/talkingt

11. USE  Halite is used for toothpaste, making acids, chlorine, and in food seasoning. http://www.geology.neab.net/minerals/halite.htm