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rock salt

rock composed mainly of halite
Class type of: evaporite, sedimentary rock, mineral resource Q2341557

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
evaporite, sedimentary rock, mineral resource[3][4][5]
Made from material
halite, evaporite[1][2]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en rock salt ar ملح صخري de Halitit de Barrentheorie de Salzgestein de Steinsalz de Sal gemmae de Halit es sal de roca es halitita es roca de sal fr pierre de sel fr sel gemme hu kősó it salgemma nl steenzout pl sól kamienna pt sal-gema ru каменная соль uk кам'яна сіль
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85114692
GND ID
4137467-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rock salt (halitite) (Billianwala Salt Member, Salt Range Formation, Ediacaran to Lower Cambrian; Khewra Salt Mine, Salt Range, Pakistan) 11 (33275221442).jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300386505
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
akmens-druska
Equivalent class
w3id.org
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122k5lcg
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2038350, 6077030
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kamennaia-sol-348d00
J9U entity ID
987007541222605171
Museum-digital tag ID
12173
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
materias/1181484
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Yale LUX ID
concept/554d9fe0-06d1-4907-9635-38a40e1b6656

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 3
sedimentary rock, evaporite, mineral resource
Made from material 2
halite, evaporite
Named after 2
halite, salammoniac
← Product or material produced 2
underground mine, salt industry
← Made from material 1
table salt
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Influence

Things named for rock salt include halite[7], a mineral species[8] and salammoniac[9], a mineral species[10].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include halite[7], a mineral species[8] and salammoniac[9], a mineral species[10].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Rock_Salt
    "Created claim: Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/rockmaterial/Rock_Salt"
  2. 15w ago · Putnik · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online → akmens-druska
    "Created claim: Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: akmens-druska"
  3. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36807: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  4. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → evaporite, sedimentary rock, mineral resource
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 2038350, 6077030
    Made from material → halite, evaporite
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007541222605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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