Halide minerals are those minerals with a dominant halide anion. Complex halide minerals may also have polyatomic anions.
Halite
Halide specimens at Museum of Geology, South Dakota
Halite, commonly known as rock salt, is a type of salt, the mineral form of sodium chloride. Halite forms isometric crystals. The mineral is typically colorless or white, but may also be light blue, d
Halide mineral
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Halite from the Wieliczka salt mine, Małopolskie, Poland
Halite cubes from the Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (size: 6.7 × 1.9 × 1.7 cm)
Unusual halite crystals from Faiyum, Egypt
Hopper crystal cast of halite in a Jurassic rock, Carmel Formation, Utah