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Mineral form of sodium chloride

Properties

Chemical formula

NaCl

Group

Halides

Crystal system

Cubic

Hardness (Mohs)

2

Color

Colorless

Luster

—

Streak

White

Density

—

Cleavage

—

Fracture

—

Tenacity

—

Crystal habit

—

Transparency

—

Space group

Fm-3m

Fluorescence

—

Magnetism

—

Radioactivity

—

Refractive index

—

Optical character

—

Birefringence

—

Pleochroism

—

Strunz classification

3.AA.20

Dana classification

9.1.1.1

IMA status

Grandfathered mineral (G)

IMA symbol

Hl

Locality

—

Type locality

—

Discovery year

—

Source: Wikidata