rock salt
rock composed mainly of halite
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds
0 sources
Summary
rock salt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- rock salt is made of halite[2].
- rock salt is made of evaporite[3].
- rock salt is a type of evaporite[4].
- rock salt is a type of sedimentary rock[5].
- rock salt is a type of mineral resource[6].
- rock salt's Commons category is recorded as Rock salt[7].
- rock salt's equivalent class is recorded as https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Rock_Salt[8].
- rock salt's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[9].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include evaporite[4], sedimentary rock[5], and mineral resource[6].
Influence
Things named for rock salt include halite[10], a mineral species[11] and salammoniac[12], a mineral species[13].
Why It Matters
rock salt ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]
Entities named for it include halite[10], a mineral species[11] and salammoniac[12], a mineral species[13].