GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

SEDIMENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which mineral precipitates from oceans and forms rock salt?
A
Quartz
B
Flurotite
C
Halite
D
Olivine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chemical sedimentary rocks form through precipitation, typically when water cools or evaporates, leaving the minerals behind. Halite, the mineral name for salt, forms when salt-rich water evaporates, leaving the salt behind.

Detailed explanation-2: -Chemical Sedimentary Rock Chemical sedimentary rocks form by chemical precipitation that begins when water traveling through rock dissolves some of the minerals. These minerals are carried away from their source and eventually redeposited, or precipitated, when the water evaporates away.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rock salt is composed of the mineral halite (NaCl-sodium chloride). It ranges in color from clearish to grayish to orangish-brown, but sometimes has other colors, such as blue.

Detailed explanation-4: -Halite can precipitate as brine with sodium and chlorite ions flows to the cooler environment. Salt cementation of reservoir rocks leads to decreasing porosity and permeability near salt domes, and cementation of reservoir formations decreases with growing distance to the salt diapir.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is typically formed by the evaporation of salty water (such as sea water) which contains dissolved Na+ and Cl-ions. 3. where does it form? One finds rock salt deposits ringing dry lake beds, inland marginal seas, and enclosed bays and estuaries in arid regions of the world.

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