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    Descriptive Mineralogy: Halides

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    This document discusses minerals that contain halogen anions, including halides. It first classifies minerals into non-silicates including halides and native elements, and silicates including orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, chain silicates, layer silicates, and tektosilicates. It then discusses specific halide minerals like halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl), and fluorite (CaF2), noting their crystal properties, occurrences, and uses.

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    This document discusses minerals that contain halogen anions, including halides. It first classifies minerals into non-silicates including halides and native elements, and silicates including orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, chain silicates, layer silicates, and tektosilicates. It then discusses specific halide minerals like halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl), and fluorite (CaF2), noting their crystal properties, occurrences, and uses.

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    This document discusses minerals that contain halogen anions, including halides. It first classifies minerals into non-silicates including halides and native elements, and silicates including orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, chain silicates, layer silicates, and tektosilicates. It then discusses specific halide minerals like halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl), and fluorite (CaF2), noting their crystal properties, occurrences, and uses.

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    Descriptive Mineralogy: Halides

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    This document discusses minerals that contain halogen anions, including halides. It first classifies minerals into non-silicates including halides and native elements, and silicates including orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, chain silicates, layer silicates, and tektosilicates. It then discusses specific halide minerals like halite (NaCl), sylvite (KCl), and fluorite (CaF2), noting their crystal properties, occurrences, and uses.

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    Descriptive Mineralogy

    Minerals with Halogen Anions

    Halides:

    Classification of the Minerals


    Non-Silicates Halides
    Native Elements

    Silicates

    Sulfides Oxides Hydroxides Carbonates Sulfates Phosphates

    Orthosilicates Sorosilicates Cyclosilicates Chain Silicates Layer Silicates Tektosilicates

    Minerals with halogen anions


    Halite (NaCl) and Sylvite (KCl): Evaporites Fluorite (CaF2) Low temperature hydrothermal Cryolite (Na3AlF6): Pegmatite

    Halides:

    Halite Cube

    Halite NaCl
    Crystal System Point Group Space Group Optical Color Luster Hardness Density Cubic 4/m-32/m Fd3m isotropic 1.51 colorless Vitreous 2 2.1 g/cm3

    Halite NaCl
    Occurrence: Evaporites, Salt Domes Uses: Table salt, De-icing, Nuclear waste host rock?

    Sylvite KCl
    Crystal System Point Group Space Group Optical Color Luster Hardness Density Cubic 4/m-32/m Fm3m isotropic 1.45 colorless Vitreous 2 1.99 g/cm3

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