halite

See also: Halite and halíte

English

Yellow halite crystal

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.aɪt/, /ˈheɪ.laɪt/

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Noun

halite (countable and uncountable, plural halites)

1. (mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
   • 2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 189:

     The surface of halite was always sort of trippy, he thought, like a hallucinogen.

2. (chemistry) An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.

Synonyms

• halogenite (for the oxyanion)

Derived terms

• cryptohalite
• hydrohalite

Related terms

• halitic

Translations

NaCl

• Bulgarian: каменна сол f (kamenna sol)
• Catalan: halita f
• Czech: halit (cs) m
• Dutch: steenzout (nl) n, haliet n
• Estonian: haliit
• Finnish: vuorisuola (fi), haliitti (fi)
• German: Halit m
• Italian: alite (it) f, salgemma (it) m
• Latvian: halīts m
• Lithuanian: halitas m
• Malayalam: ഹാലൈറ്റ് (hālaiṟṟŭ)
• Polish: halit (pl) m
• Portuguese: halita f
• Russian: гали́т (ru) m (galít), ка́менная соль (ru) f (kámennaja solʹ)
• Turkish: kaya tuzu (tr)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Halite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “halite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• Leitha, aileth, laithe, thelia

French

Noun

halite f (plural halites)

1. halite