Halite
Halite is completely pure colorless and transparent, from the admixture of clay it is colored gray, less often it is blue, red, brown, green, etc. It is perfectly fissile according to the areas of the cube. It is soluble in water and has a salty taste. They form granular aggregates as well as well-limited cubic crystals. Halite deposits were formed by the evaporation of seawater in the bays of the receding sea, especially around the turn of the Proterozoic and Mesozoic and in the Tertiary. More info
Halite is completely pure colorless and transparent, from the admixture of clay it is colored gray, less often it is blue, red, brown, green, etc. It is perfectly fissile according to the areas of the cube. It is soluble in water and has a salty taste. They form granular aggregates as well as well-limited cubic crystals. Halite deposits were formed by the evaporation of seawater in the bays of the receding sea, especially around the turn of the Proterozoic and Mesozoic and in the Tertiary.