halite

See also: Halite and halíte

English

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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, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

Anagrams

• Leitha, aileth, laithe, thelia

French

Noun

halite f (plural halites)

1. halite