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Rock salt (halitite) from the Permian of New Mexico, USA.

Rock salt (a.k.a. halitite) is a crystalline-textured, ~monomineralic, chemical sedimentary rock. It is composed of the mineral halite (NaCl - sodium chloride). Rock salt is the most common example of evaporite - a sedimentary deposit that forms by the evaporation of water (usually seawater) and the precipitation of dissolved minerals.

Stratigraphy: Lower Member, Salado Formation, Ochoan Stage, upper Upper Permian

Locality: WIPP Storage Level, southeastern New Mexico, USA
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