Sylvite

Evaporite Minerals and Halides

Sylvite, potassium chloride or KCl, is a halide. It's usually red but may be white. You tell it by its taste, sharper and more bitter than that of halite.

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Other Evaporitic Minerals

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Gallery Index: Evaporite Minerals and Halides

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