halite

See also: Halite

English

Yellow halite crystal

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪlaɪt/

Noun

halite (countable and uncountable, plural halites)

1. (mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
2. (chemistry) An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.

Related terms

• halitic

Synonyms

• halogenite (for the oxyanion)

Translations

NaCl

• Bulgarian: каменна сол f (kamenna sol)
• Catalan: halita f
• Dutch: steenzout (nl) n
• Estonian: haliit
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• Finnish: vuorisuola (fi), haliitti
• Italian: alite (it) f, salgemma (it) m
• Portuguese: halita f
• Russian: гали́т (ru) m (galít), ка́менная соль (ru) f (kámennaja solʹ)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Halite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “halite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• Leitha, aileth, laithe, thelia