Salt
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Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride. When used in food, especially in granulated form, it is more formally called table salt. In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is
Rock salt (halite)
Salt production in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, 1670
Ponds near Maras, Peru, fed from a mineral spring and used for salt production since pre-Inca times
A SEM image of a grain of table salt
Himalayan salt
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Himalayan salt is rock salt mined from the Punjab region of Pakistan. The salt, which often has a pinkish tint due to trace minerals, is primarily used as a food additive to replace refined table salt
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…passages. The salt is dug out by the room and pillar method, where about half the material is left in place to support the upper levels. Extraction of Himalayan salt is expected to last 350 years at the present rate of extraction of around 385,000 tons per annum. The mine is also a major tourist attraction, receiving…
Himalayan salt (coarse)
Himalayan salt from Khewra Salt Mine near Khewra, Punjab, Pakistan
Himalayan salt
Himalayan salt crystals