halite

From Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”), +‎ -ite.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.aɪt/, /ˈheɪ.laɪt/

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halite (countable and uncountable, plural halites)

1. (mineralogy) Native salt; sodium chloride NaCl as a mineral; rock salt.
   • 2023, H. Gareth Gavin, Never Was, Cipher Press, page 189:

     The surface of halite was always sort of trippy, he thought, like a hallucinogen.

2. (chemistry) An oxyanion containing a halogen in the +3 oxidation state.

• halogenite (for the oxyanion)

• halitic

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Halite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “halite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

• Leitha, aileth, laithe, thelia

halite f (plural halites)

1. halite