GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The halides group of minerals are salts of sodium, fluoride, and hydrochloric acid. The minerals halite, sylvite, and carnallite from this group contain exclusive chloride having petrogenic significance. Halite (NaCl) is the mineral form of sodium chloride and is commonly known as rock salt.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most common are halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl), chlorargyrite (AgCl), cryolite (Na3AlF6), fluorite (CaF2), and atacamite. No molecules are present among the arrangement of the ions in halite, a naturally occurring form of sodium chloride.

Detailed explanation-3: -Common table salt is a halide mineral that contains the elements chlorine and sodium. Fluorite is a type of halide that contains fluorine and calcium. Fluorite can be found in many colors.

Detailed explanation-4: -halide mineral, any of a group of naturally occurring inorganic compounds that are salts of the halogen acids (e.g., hydrochloric acid). Such compounds, with the notable exceptions of halite (rock salt), sylvite, and fluorite, are rare and of very local occurrence.

Detailed explanation-5: -Many of the halide minerals occur in marine evaporite deposits. Other geologic occurrences include arid environments such as deserts. The Atacama Desert has large quantities of halide minerals as well as chlorates, iodates, oxyhalides, nitrates, borates and other water-soluble minerals.