Salt mining
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Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite, and extracted from evaporite formations.
Modern rock-salt mine near Mount Morris, New York
Diorama of an underground salt mine in Germany
Inside Salina Veche, in Slănic, Prahova, Romania. The railing (lower middle) gives an idea of size.
The Crystal Valley region of the Khewra Salt Mines in Pakistan. With around 250,000 visitors a year, the site is a major tourist attraction.
Halite
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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
Salt mining
…Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations. Before the advent of the modern internal combustion engine and earth-moving…
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