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Halite from
Salt mine, Bex, Aigle, Vaud, Switzerland


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Halite
Formula:NaCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Halite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Salt mine, Bex, Aigle, Vaud, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:387830
Long-form Identifier:1:3:387830:9
GUID (UUID V4):e907ba38-2ea2-4ab6-9bcd-2b0004d15d32
Nearest other occurrences of Halite
45.2km (28.1 miles) Upper Tignausa vein, Saint-Luc, Anniviers, Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
92.3km (57.3 miles) Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
References
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Report (issue)
Halite NaCl c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Cubic. Point Group: 4/m32/m... and Hall, near Innsbruck, Tirol. From Bex, Vaud, Switzerland. In Germany, from Stassfurt-Leopoldshall...At Girgenti and Racalmuto, Sicily, Italy. In the Salt Range, Punjab, India. In the USA, in the Michigan...underlying Ohio, Michigan, and New York; as numerous salt domes along the Gulf Coast; and in the Permian Basin...America mine, Carlsbad potash district, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Name: From the Greek for salt. References:
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oil play in the Jura Mountains of France and Switzerland C. P. PULLAN1* & M. BERRY2 1 CP Exploration...com Abstract: The Jura region of France and Switzerland has significant hydrocarbon potential. This arcuate...play within the Jura Mountains of France and Switzerland. The Jura is not generally regarded as a major...complex structuring and mountainous terrain. Switzerland, a country renowned for its beautiful mountain...extends eastwards from eastern France, through NW Switzerland for 370 km, and has a maximum width of 75 km
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time let us consider Halite—native sodium chloride— also known as common or rock salt. Downloaded by [University...August 2017 Halite Halite is a valuable and useful mineral. It has been said that halite is to the chemical...ore is to the steel industry. Thousands of tons of salt are used every year as the raw material from which...making. It is also used as a food preservative. Salt is almost indispensable in the diet of man for it...juices. The name halite has been adapted from the Greek term meaning the sea. Halite is readily identified
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constituent of sedimentary rocks, particularly marine salt deposits, and soils formed directly by evaporation...in mines and speleothems in caves. Association: Halite, celestine, calcite, aragonite, anhydrite, dolomite...from near Königslutter, Lower Saxony. At Bex, Valais, Switzerland. In Austria, from Aussee, Styria, and...cave complex in the Naica Pb–Ag mine, and also in the San Antonio mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua. Large...Large crystals in the El Teniente mine, 67 km west of Rancagua, O’Higgins Province, Chile. In the USA, large
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of Dust Variation in an Underground Historic Salt Mine Aleksandra Puławska 1,2, * , Maciej Manecki 1...of Dust Variation in an Underground Historic Salt Mine. Minerals 2021, 11, 686. https:// doi.org/10.3390/min11070686...Kraków, Poland; gpmmanec@cyf-kr.edu.pl Bochnia Salt Mine, 32-700 Bochnia, Poland; mflasza@gmail.com KGHM...open-to-public subterranean site (UNESCO-recognized historic mine) at increasing distances from the air intake. The...and anthropogenic sources of dust from inside the mine. Samples of deposited dust were directly collected
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in Rudna IX mine. A non-bulky Ca-rich dripstone-like paragenesis from Lubin Główny mine is also characterized...lavendulan-group mineral, and monohydrocalcite. Separate halite-rich encrustations are shown to be filled with...study—from a single locality in Chile: Santa Rosa mine, Iquique Province [1]. It is the natural equivalent...juangodoyite, within drainage-related mine speleothems (minothems) of the Libiola Mine, Italy, was reported in Reference...occurrences include the listed Chilean one [6]; Carr Boyd mine, Western Australia [7]; Zunderwand, Erlacher Bock
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Merwe N. J. Vogel J. C. SWEDEN Sjoberg E. L. SWITZERLAND Eugster 0. Furrer G. Giovanoli R. McKenzie J...HEINRICHD. HOLLAND:The analysis of fluid inclusions in halite 485 JIANGZHUSHENG,R. P. PHILP and C. A. LEWIS:Identification... Fuchs 797 LYNTONS. LAND:“Dynamical Geology of Salt and Related Structures” edited by I. Lerche and...geochemical conditions of ore deposition at the Jumbo mine, Kansas . . ... . ... . ... . . 1007 CHARLES E...KRUMHANSL: A model for the evolution of brines in salt from the lower Salado Formation, southeastern New
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Kłodawa (Poland), i.e., colorless, blue and purple halite as well as colorless sylvite. Selected samples...far infrared spectra of natural blue and purple halite. It was observed that the blue (178 cm−1 ) and...towards higher wavenumbers compared to colorless halite (174 cm−1 ). As part of the work, the infrared...© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...on the mineralogical composition of the salt rocks in which salt caverns are leached was the impetus for
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Merwe N. J. Vogel J. C. SWEDEN Sjoberg E. L. SWITZERLAND Eugster 0. Furrer G. Giovanoli R. McKenzie J...HEINRICHD. HOLLAND: The analysis of fluid inclusions in halite . . . . ..... JIANGZHUSHENG, R. P. PHILPand ... Fuchs _. LYNTONS. LAND: “Dynamical Geology of Salt and Related Structures” edited by I. Lerche and...geochemicalconditions of ore deposition at the Jumbo mine, Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,...KRUMHASSL:A model for the evolution of brines in salt from the lower Salado Formation. New Mexico 1027
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Ultramicrochemical Analyses (UMCA) of Fluid Inclusions in Halite and Experimental Research to Improve the Accuracy...inclusions in halite are widely used in research to determine the conditions of sedimentation in salt basins...distinguishing features of fluid inclusions in halite, belonging to various genetic types. The ultramicrochemical...composition of the primary fluid inclusions in halite. We have upgraded that technique, and that allowed...types of natural sedimentary brines. Keywords: halite; fluid inclusions; capillary; UMCA method; analytical
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cut into gems, and even eaten (as in the case of salt). Despite their practical uses, minerals reveal...quartz, feldspar, and mica). 10 Salt (top) is refined from mineral halite. Ores such as chalcopyrite and...is then converted to sound. Quartz and Rochelle salt (not a mineral) are both widely used piezoelectric...world Mexico; notable Ceylon; associated with salt in deposits. Fine crystals, however, localities...(Girgenti); Mexico; Japan; Chile; Tex- as; Louisiana—salt domes; Wyoming; aq Utah; Nevada; Hawaii. : Above:
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L.E. Raman microprobe. Application to a Keuper halite and geochemical consequences J. DUBESSY,* D. GEISLER...from actual solar salt works demonstrates their chemical equivalence. Keuper halite of marine origin has...obtained during present sea-water evaporation at the halite stage of precipitation. Some geochemical hypotheses...about 10d to 10b9. environ- ment of formation for halite beds, it is fundamental to be able to characterize...inclusions and associated mother brines from a solar salt works have been studied. Successful resolution of
grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite 55 hanksite 59 diaspore...consider the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...Missouri; brown-red ones are obtained at Binnatal in Switzerland and at Picos de Europa near Santander in Spain
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grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite 55 hanksite 59 ...the salt obtained from salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...especially near Kimberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimberlite...carats, equal to 621 grams) was found at the Premier Mine; named the Cullinan diamond, it was presented to...Missouri: brown-red ones are obtained at Binnatal in Switzerland and at Picos de Europa near Santander in Spain
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Potash Prairie Evaporite Sylvite Carnallite Halite Salt dissolution Canadian commercial potash deposits...annually produce approximately 23 Mt of KCl from halite-sylvite ore associated with the 60 m thick upper...action responding to flooding of an underground dry mine. Two new underground mines are currently under construction...basin, permitting accumulation of up to 200 m of halite-dominated evaporite beds across north-central Alberta...as the uppermost interval of the 100–200 m thick halite-anhydrite deposit. Early diagenetic processes resulted
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minerals Article The Temperature of Halite Crystallization in the Badenian Saline Basins, in the Context...K.; Zinchuk, I.M.; Meng, F. The Temperature of Halite Institute of Geology and Geochemistry of Combustible...edu.pl Abstract: Currently, fluid inclusions in halite have been frequently studied for the purpose of...near-surface (cumulate) halites collected from the salt-bearing deposits of the Carpathian region. Our analyses...Badenian rock salts, the crystallization of bottom halite developed in the basin from concentrated and cooled
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Reveal Preferred Orientation of Anhydrites within a Halite Matrix Ran Issachar 1,2, *, Ram Weinberger 1,3...Reveal Preferred Orientation of Anhydrites within a Halite Matrix. Minerals 2022, 12, 192. https://doi.org/10...microstructures of diamagnetic rocksalt samples from the Sedom salt wall (diapir), Dead Sea Basin, as possible strain...sources of the AMS. The rocksalts are composed of halite as the major mineral phase (>80%) and anhydrite...subparallel to the bedding strike, although the cubic halite crystals are isotropic. Polarizing microscope and
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grossularite 78 gummite 36 gypsum 62 halides 20 halite 20 halotrichite 60 hambergite 55 hanksite 59 harmotome...59 zippeite 62 zircon 77, 78, 78 zoisite 88 THE MINE LKINGDOM All physical bodies in Nature can be...the salt obtained fron1 salt-works as a mineral, though it is chemically identical to rock-salt. The...or slightly rotated Vitreous. Like glass 3 THE MINE Class I: native ·elements Chemical elernents found...especially near Ki1nberley); diamonds from the Kimberley mine are embedded in ultrabasic blue rock called kimber/ite
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suite of Permian sylvite samples from Boulby potash mine, Yorkshire, UK, consistently yield traces of hydrogen...entrapped fluid inclusions. In contrast, accompanying halite samples do not yield hydrogen. These data suggest...Keywords: fluid inclusions; hydrogen; sylvite; halite; boulby mine; deep biosphere; radiolysis 1. Introduction...chloride, KCl). Like the sodium mineral equivalent halite (NaCl), sylvite contains abundant and relatively...potash mine, Yorkshire, U.K., and a borehole, Eskdale No. 2, nearby Aislaby [12] (Figure 2). The mine exploits
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Article Lithium Occurrences in Brines from Two German Salt Deposits (Upper Permian) and First Results of Leaching...Permian (Zechstein) salt rocks and saline solutions of the Gorleben and Morsleben salt structures, northern...from phyllosilicates, since no natural Li-bearing salt minerals are known to date. To improve the understanding...lepidolite; lithium 1. Introduction An important topic in salt research are geochemical characteristics of brines...host rocks, and the interaction processes between salt rocks and solutions. For this reason, the origin
Report (chapter)
08260, Spain Abstract: The thick Eocene Cardona salt forms the detachment horizon of the most external...part of the Pyrenean fold and thrust belt. This salt horizon forms the cores of anticlines and is intensively...mined for potash. The study of the structure of the salt layer at three sites (Cabanasses, Stlria-Shaft IV...emplaced almost without internal deformation, over salt and other evaporites, which are the most suitable...al. (1987). In many fold-and-thrust belts, thick salt sequences are also responsible for the transmission
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cubes not unlike rock salt. Well formed crystals are rare and occur only in the salt deposits of Germany...dolomite rock strata in the Simplón Tunnel, Switzerland. The usual occurrence is as compact, granular...on the island of Sicily and in the salt mines of Bex, Switzerland. Crystals a meter or more in length...Kurnakovite FREE, or A N Y T E N for O N L Y $ 1 . 9 0 Halite Molybdenite Chalcedony Smithsonite Actinolite Chalcocite
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Isotope Compositions (δ11B): The Example of the Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan Syed Asim Hussain 1,2,3...Highly Efficient Utilization of Salt Lake Resources, Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Science...Provincial Key Laboratory of Geology and Environment of Salt Lakes, Xining 810008, China University of Chinese...Isotope Compositions (δ11 B): The Example of the Salt Range, Punjab, Pakistan. Minerals 2021, 11, 161...compositions (δ11 B) of 34 halite and brines samples from the Neoproterozoic Salt Range Formation, Punjab
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FRONTISPIECE Artwork by Robert E. Judah A . - { ( Halite - Salty Mystery of Life By R. DEE RARICK DEPARTMENT...Introduction 1 Civilization and salt What is salt? 2 4 Sources of salt 4 Saltmaking in Indiana Pioneer...Pioneer days 7 7 Early Hoosier salt production 9 Improved transportation - canals and railroads Industrial...methods of producing salt Salt deposits in the United States Modem methods of mining salt 15 17 20 Annual...Annual production and general uses of salt Conclusion 21 Acknowledgments 24 Selected bibliography 24
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with a pentaboratesheet structure from the Tuzla salt mine, Bosnia and Hercegovina Yr-,q.mN{rnBnrurlxnc Department...mineralogischeKristallographie, Freiestrasse3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland Danxo Trm^r.lS Department of Mineralogy and...Tuzla salt mine, located in the northeast part of Bosnia and Hercegovina. Intergrowths with halite have...have been observedwhere halite covers tuzlaite in later stagesofdiagenesis. The crystal structure, including...town Tuzla, where it was found. times a coronitic halite phasecan be observedaround tuzlaite.The surroundinghalite
 
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