for the market widely known as Halite Central Sofia Market Hall lead too short date April 2012 Infobox mineral name Halite category Halide mineral boxwidth boxbgcolor image Groty Kryszta owe.jpg imagesize caption Halite from the Wieliczka salt mine , Ma opolskie, Poland formula NaCl strunz 03.AA.20 symmetry ... ref ref name Webmin http webmineral.com data Halite.shtml Webmineral data ref Halite IPA en h la t ... Cl . Halite forms Cubic crystal system isometric crystal s. The mineral is typically colorless or white ... File Halite 249324.jpg thumb upright left Halite cubes from the Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony ... of halite in a Jurassic rock, Carmel Formation, Utah Halite occurs in vast beds of sedimentary evaporite ... of halite near Islamabad , Pakistan . In the United Kingdom there are three mines the largest of these is at Winsford ... Winsford Halite Mine , Random fact appears on each page this is one example ... contain anhydrite , gypsum , and native sulfur , in addition to halite and sylvite . They are common .... In all of these cases, halite is said to be behaving in the manner of a rheid . Unusual, purple, fibrous vein filling halite is found in France and a few other localities. Halite crystals termed ... simply grow faster than the centers. Halite crystals form very quickly in some rapidly evaporating lakes resulting in modern artifacts with a coating or encrustation of halite crystals. Halite flowers are rare stalactite s of curling fibers of halite that are found in certain arid caves of Australia s Nullarbor Plain . Halite stalactites and encrustations are also reported in the Quincy native copper mine of Hancock, Michigan . Uses Halite is often used both residentially and municipally ... the freezing process. Gallery gallery widths 230px heights 200px perrow 3 Image Halite Egypt.jpg Unusual halite crystals from Fayum , Egypt Image halite09.jpg Large natural crystal of halite, showing cubic cleavage breaks Image Halite 57430.jpg Halite from Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2008 An isodesmic crystal is a crystal in which all the chemical bond bonds have the same electrostatic valency chemistry valency . This means that all the bonds are of the same strength. Diamond s and halite have isodesmic crystals. The opposite of an isodesmic crystal is an anisodesmic crystal , in which anion s more strongly bonded to central coordinating cation . Graphite is an example of an isodesmic crystal. Category Crystals ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 An anisodesmic crystal sometimes anisodemic crystal is a crystal containing chemical bond bonds with differing electrostatic valencies. All other crystals are known as isodesmic crystal s or isodemic and examples include diamond and halite . These terms are of particular importance when discussing the structural chemistry of mineral s. The electrostatic valency is a measure of the strength of bonds, being the valence charge divided by the coordination number . Linus Pauling s second rule of ionic bonding, the Electrostatic Valence Principle states, An ionic structure will be stable to the extent that the sum of the strengths of the electrostatic bonds that reach an anion equals the charge on that anion. When there is more than one type of bonding in a crystal, strongly anisotropic physical properties can result such as those of graphite . Many other substances have anisotropic physical properties. Such properties are directly related to the atomic structures of the substances. Conversely, halite is an example of an isotropic crystal with equal hardness in all directions. DEFAULTSORT Anisodesmic Crystal Category Crystals ... more details
Image SaltGlaciers ZagrosMtns 20010810.jpg thumb Salt domes hills and salt glaciers dark areas in the Zagros Mountains of southern Iran . A salt glacier is a flow of salt typically halite that is created when a rising diapir in a salt dome breaches the surface. Gravity causes the salt to flow like glaciers into adjacent valleys. Most of the flow occurs during the winter, when the salt is wet, as salt strength is critically dependent on its water content. The resulting tongue shaped bodies can extend for kilometers, with repeating bow shaped ridges separated by crevasse like gullies and with steep sides and fronts. Clay mineral Clays may be brought up with the salt, turning it dark. The salt glaciers of Iran ref cite web url http earthobservatory.nasa.gov Newsroom NewImages images.php3?img id 16435 title Iran s Salt Glaciers work NASA Earth Observatory accessdate 2006 04 27 ref ref Talbot, C.J. and Rogers, E.A. 1980. Seasonal movements in a salt glacier in Iran . Science , 208 , 395 397. ref are halite while the salt glacier of L neburg Kalkberg , Germany is composed of gypsum and other carbonate minerals . References references Urai, J.L., Spiers, C.J., Zwart, H.J. & Lister, G.S. 1986. Weakening of rock salt by water during long term creep. Nature, 324, 554 557 Category Sediments geomorph stub ca Glacera salina de Salzgletscher es Glaciar salino fa ja ... more details
orphan date December 2008 Abraum salts is the name given to a mixed deposit of salt s, including halite sodium chloride , carnallite , and kieserite magnesium sulfate , found in association with rock salt at Aschersleben Sta furt in Germany . The term comes from the German language German Abraum salze , salts to be removed. Abraum, which is red, is used to darken mahogany . ref http dictionary.reference.com browse abraum?qsrc 2446 Dictionary.com ref References reflist 1911 Category Salts Mineral stub es Sales de Abraum pt Sais de Abraum ... more details
File Sylvinite.jpg thumb Sylvinite is the most important ore for the production of potash in North America . It is a mechanical mixture of sylvite KCl, or potassium chloride and halite NaCl, or sodium chloride . ref Weiss N.L., SME Mineral Processing Handbook 1985, Page 22 2 ref Most Canadian operations mine sylvinite with proportions of about 31 KCl and 66 NaCl with the balance being insoluble clays, anhydrite and in some locations carnallite . References references Category Mining Category Evaporite petrology stub mining stub be fr Sylvinite kk lt Silvinitas pl S l potasowa ru uk ... more details
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This is a list of minerals, both metallic and non metallic. Metallic Aluminium Antimony Arsenic Chromite Coal Copper Dolomite Gold Iron ore Fire clay Fluorite Glass sand Garnet Granite Graphite Gypsum Lead Magnesite Manganese Tungsten Zinc Non Metallic Asbestos Barite Brine Calcite Cinnabar Kaolinite Kaolin Kyanite Lignite Limenite Limestone Marble Mica Rock phosphate Potash Pyrite Quartz Radioactive minerals Halite Rock salt Sand Silica sand Soapstone Sulphur Vermiculite Vesuvianite Zircon See also Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation PMDC References Encyclopedia of Pakistan by Zahid Hussain Anjum , Jahangir Book Depot, Pakistan 2005 2006 Category Pakistan related lists Minerals of Pakistann ... more details
Dicdef Mud weight http www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com Display.cfm?Term mud 20weight as described in the oil industry oilfield is the density weight of the drilling fluid and is normally measured in pounds per gallon lb sub m sub gal or ppg . In the field it is measured using a mud scale or mud balance . In conventional drilling fluid s, barite is used to incresase the density weight . Though other additives such as halite salt or calcium carbonate can also be used. Mud weight can be decreased by dilution or solids control equipment such as an industrial centrifuge . Petroleum stub Category Petroleum engineering Category Oilfield terminology ... more details
No footnotes date April 2010 Image HaliteEncrustedCobbleDeadSea.JPG thumb Cobble encrusted with halite evaporated from the Dead Sea , Israel. Evaporite IPAc en icon v p r a t is a name for a water soluble mineral sedimentary rock sediment that result from concentration and crystallization by evaporation from an aqueous solution. ref name Jackson Jackson, Julia A., 1997, Glossary of Geology 4th edition, American Geologic Institute, Alexandria Virginia ref There are two types of evaporate deposits marine, which can also be described as ocean deposits, and non marine, which are found in standing bodies of water such as lakes. Evaporites are considered sedimentary rock s. Formation of evaporite rocks Although all water bodies on the surface and in aquifers contain dissolved salts, the water ... is then followed by halite at 10 , ref name Boggs excluding carbonate minerals that tend not to be evaporates ... of marine evaporates are calcite , gypsum and anhydrite , halite , sylvite , carnallite , langbeinite ... halite, gypsum, and anhydrite, and may in some cases even be dominated by these minerals, although ... . Evaporitic formations Image SaltCrystalCasts.JPG thumb Hopper crystal cast of halite ... entirely of halite salt. In fact, most evaporite formations do not contain more than a few percent of evaporite ... of halite pseudomorph s, sequences composed of some proportion of evaporite minerals, and recognition ... on fertilizer and explosive s. Thick halite deposits are expected to become an important location ... behaviour, and imperviousness to groundwater. Halite formations are famous for their ability ... of deposit. class wikitable Mineral class Mineral name Chemical Composition Chlorides Halite Sylvite ... and a sulfate Halide mineral Halides halite , sylvite KCl , and fluorite Sulfate mineral Sulfates ... 2 sub Gypsum CaSO sub 4 sub 2H sub 2 sub O and anhydrite CaSO sub 4 sub . Halite i.e. common salt, NaCl ... gypsum , which is more common than halite , which is more common than potassium and magnesium salts ... more details
Infobox mineral name Zabuyelite category Carbonate mineral boxwidth boxbgcolor image caption formula Li sub 2 sub CO sub 3 sub molweight 73.89 strunz 05.AA.05 dana color Colorless habit system Monoclinic 2 m , Space group C2 c lattice twinning cleavage 100 perfect 011 good fracture tenacity Brittle mohs 3 luster refractive n sub sub 1.4285, n sub sub 1.5672, n sub sub 1.5743 opticalprop Biaxial 2V 25 birefringence 0.1458 pleochroism none streak White gravity 2.09 density melt fusibility diagnostic solubility diaphaneity other references ref name Webmin http webmineral.com data Zabuyelite.shtml Zabuyelite at Webmineral ref ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 2166.html Zabuyelite at Mindat ref ref name HDM http www.handbookofmineralogy.org pdfs zabuyelite.pdf Zabuyelite at Handbook of Mineralogy ref Zabuyelite is the natural mineral form of lithium carbonate , with a chemical formula formula lithium Li sub 2 sub carbon C oxygen O sub 3 sub . It was discovered in 1987 at Lake Zabuye , Tibet , after which it is named. It forms colorless vitreous monoclinic crystals. It occurs as inclusions within halite in lithium rich evaporite s and as solid phase in fluid inclusions in the mineral spodumene . Associated minerals include halite, gaylussite and northupite in the Tibet locality. ref name HDM In addition to the Tibetan salt lake it has been reported from Bikita and Kamativi in Zimbabwe , from Kings Mountain, North Carolina Kings Mountain , Cleveland County, North Carolina , USA and the Tanco pegmatite , Bernic Lake , Manitoba , Canada. ref name HDM References reflist Category Lithium minerals Category Carbonate minerals Carbonate mineral stub it Zabuyelite ... more details
File Bochnia poland saltmine.jpg thumb 320px Underground church created in early 18th century The Bochnia Salt Mine Polish kopalnia soli w Bochni in Bochnia , Poland is one of the oldest salt mines in the world and the oldest one in Poland. ref name unesco.org The mine was established between the 12th and 13th centuries after salt was first discovered in Bochnia, and became part of the Royal mining company upy krakowskie Krak w salt works . The mine was closed some time after World War I . In 1981 it was declared a heritage monument. The mine shafts measure convert 4.5 km in length at about 330 468 metres in depth below the surface, at 16 different levels. Excavated chambers, shafts and passages form an underground town, which is now open to sightseers. The largest of the preserved chambers has been converted into a sanatorium . In 2010 the mine was proposed for the World Heritage Site UNESCO World Heritage List as an extension of the Wieliczka Salt Mine inscription of 1978. Bochnia mine was not ready yet to be made accessible, when Wieliczka entered the list originally. ref name unesco.org http whc.unesco.org en tentativelists 5498 Royal Salt Mines in Wieliczka and Bochnia extension to the Wieliczka Salt Mine . UNESCO World Heritage Centre , 29 01 2010. ref See also Wieliczka Salt Mine , 13th century Che m Chalk Tunnels now open solely for tourists Halite Rock salt Halite isometric crystals Salt Cathedral of Zipaquir in Colombia Notes and references Reflist http www.bochnia.starostwo.gov.pl en tourist attractions the salt mine in bochnia.html The Salt Mine in Bochnia pl icon http www.bochenskie.republika.pl kopalnia.html Kopalnia soli w Bochni coord missing Lesser Poland Voivodeship Category 1248 establishments Category 20th century disestablishments Category Lesser Poland Voivodeship Category Salt mines in Poland Category Underground mines in Poland Category Visitor attractions in Poland Poland stub pl Kopalnia soli Bochnia uk ... more details
Basin it supersedes the former Bollin Mudstone, Northwich Halite, Wych Mudstone, Byley Mudstone and Wilkesley Halite formations, each of which is now accorded member status. It is of Anisian through Ladinian to Carnian age. Wilkesley Halite member Formerly known as the Upper Keuper Saliferous Beds and as the Wilkesley Halite Formation named from the Cheshire hamlet of Dodcott cum Wilkesley ... named from the Cheshire village of Byley , this member is Anisian in age. Northwich Halite member Formerly known as the Lower Keuper Saliferous Beds and as the Northwich Halite Formation named ... more details
Thermonatrite is a naturally occurring evaporite mineral form of sodium carbonate , Na sub 2 sub CO sub 3 sub H sub 2 sub O . ref name Handbook http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib hom thermonatrite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy ref ref name Mindat http www.mindat.org min 3938.html Mindat data ref It was first described in 1845. ref name Webmin http webmineral.com data Thermonatrite.shtml Webmineral data ref Its name is from the Greek , thermos , heat, plus natron, because it may be a dehydration product of natron . ref name Mindat Typical occurrence is in dry saline lake beds and as soil encrustations. It has been reported from volcanic fumarole s and in association with carbonatite related Vein geology veins . Common associated minerals include trona , natron and halite . ref name Handbook References Reflist Category Carbonate minerals carbonate mineral stub de Thermonatrit ru ... more details
In metallurgy , materials science and structural geology , continuous sub grain rotation type dynamic recrystallization is recognized as an important mechanism for dynamic recrystallisation . It involves the rotation of initially low angle sub grain boundaries until the mismatch between the crystal lattice s across the boundary is sufficient for them to be regarded as grain boundaries . This mechanism has been recognized in many minerals including quartz , calcite , olivine , pyroxene s, mica s, feldspar s, halite and garnet s and in metals various magnesium , aluminium and nickel alloys . References Microtectonics by C.W.Passchier and R.A.J.Trouw, 2nd rev. and enlarged ed., 2005, XVI, 366 p., 322 illus., with CD Dynamic recrystallization of minerals J. L. Urai, W. D. Means & G. S. Lister http www.ged.rwth aachen.de Ww projects rexx Urai 86Recrystallization Urai 86Recrystallization5.htm Li, J.C.M. Possibility of subgrain rotation during recrystallization. J. Appl. Phys. 33, 2958 2965. 1962 . Category Metallurgy Category Structural geology ... more details
Langbeinite is a potassium magnesium sulfate mineral with formula potassium K sub 2 sub magnesium Mg sub 2 sub sulfur S oxygen O sub 4 sub sub 3 sub . Langbeinite crystallizes in the Cubic crystal system isometric tetartoidal system as transparent colorless or white with pale tints of yellow to green and violet crystalline masses. It has a vitreous lustre mineralogy luster . The Mohs hardness is 3.5 to 4 and the specific gravity is 2.83. The crystals are phosphorescent and piezoelectric . The mineral is an ore of potassium and occurs in marine evaporite deposits in association with carnallite , halite and sylvite . It was first described in 1891 and named for A. Langbein of Leopoldshall, Germany. References http rruff.geo.arizona.edu doclib hom langbeinite.pdf Mineral Data Publishing http www.mindat.org min 2320.html Mindat with location data http www.webmineral.com data Langbeinite.shtml Webmineral data Category Sulfate minerals sulfate mineral stub it Langbeinite nl Langbeiniet uk ... more details
Infobox mineral name Hydrohalite category Halide mineral boxwidth boxbgcolor image imagesize alt caption formula NaCl 2H sub 2 sub O strunz 03.BA.05 dana symmetry Z molweight colour Colourless or white habit system Monoclinic crystal system Monoclinic twinning cleavage fracture tenacity mohs luster streak diaphaneity Transparent gravity density polish opticalprop refractive birefringence pleochroism 2V dispersion extinction length fast slow fluorescence absorption melt fusibility diagnostic solubility other alteration references Hydrohalite is a mineral that occurs in saturated halite brines at cold temperatures &minus 5 C . It was first described in 1847 in Salzburg , Austria . References http www.mindat.org min 1975.html Hydrohalite mineral information and data http www.webmineral.com data Hydrohalite.shtml Hydrohalite Mineral Data Category Halide minerals Category Sodium minerals halide mineral stub ar ... more details
The Paradox Formation Is a Pennsylvanian age formation stratigraphy formation which consists of abundant evaporite s with lesser interbedded shale , sandstone , and limestone . The evaporites are largely composed of gypsum , anhydrite , and halite . The formation is exposed in anticline s in eastern Utah and western Colorado . ref name BakerDane1933 A. A. Baker and C. H. Dane, Paradox Formation of Eastern Utah and Western Colorado, AAPG Bulletin, Volume 17 1933 doi 10.1306 3D932B92 16B1 11D7 8645000102C1865D ref The Paradox is part of the Hermosa Group which is overlain by the Permian Cutler Group . ref name USGS It occurs in the Black Mesa Basin Black Mesa , San Juan Basin San Juan and Paradox Basin s in outcrop and subsurface in southwestern Colorado, southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona and northeastern New Mexico. ref name USGS http 3dparks.wr.usgs.gov coloradoplateau lexicon paradox.htm Geology of National Parks, Paradox Formation ref See also Paradox Valley References reflist Category Geologic formations of the United States geology stub utah stub colorado stub ... more details
Night on My Side . Halite Hopkins then went on to record two albums with his own band Halite. Halite ... Binzer Brennan, Keith Farrell and Derren Dempsey if they would tour with him. Halite then grew into a fully ... in 2004. Courses had more of a harder and frantic edge than the first album. Halite played numerous ... more details
and architectural details are hand carved in the halite rock. Some marble sculptures are included ... Revista Colombiana de Antropolog a 14 9 46. ref History The halite mines were exploited already by the pre ..., Colombia , No. 1, enero abril de 1978, p. 39 41 ref The traditional halite mining was described ... He depicts this deposit as bigger than the main halite mines of the time, such as those in Spain ..., since the halite tunnels don t require Beam structure beams , lowering the costs. ref http www.epigrafe.com ... has a cross and several kneeling platforms carved into the halite structure. The Dome Located at the end ... places at the park are The Sacred Axis A town square square with an halite hand carved cross 4.20 Meters ... process of salt from the halite. Also, exhibitions of the geological studies, engineering ... more details
Polyhalite is an evaporite mineral, a hydrated sulfate of potassium , calcium and magnesium with formula K sub 2 sub Ca sub 2 sub Mg SO sub 4 sub sub 4 sub · 2 H sub 2 sub O . Polyhalite crystallizes in the triclinic system although crystals are very rare. The normal habit is massive to fibrous. It is typically colorless, white to gray, although it may be brick red due to iron oxide inclusions. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 and a specific gravity of 2.8. It occurs in sedimentary marine evaporites and is a major potassium ore mineral in the Carlsbad, New Mexico Carlsbad Deposits of New Mexico . Polyhalite was first described in 1818 for specimens from its type locality in Salzberg , Austria . The name is from the Greek language Greek polys hals for many salts . It has no connection to the sodium halide mineral halite other than that both are evaporite minerals. References http www.mindat.org min 3259.html Mindat with location data http webmineral.com data Polyhalite.shtml Webmineral http mineral.galleries.com minerals sulfates polyhali polyhali.htm Mineral galleries Category Magnesium minerals Category Calcium minerals Category Potassium minerals Category Sulfate minerals Category Triclinic minerals Sulfate mineral stub ca Polihalita de Polyhalit fa it Polihalite uk vi Polyhalit ... more details
expert subject Geology date April 2010 Keuper marl is an obsolete name for multiple layers of mudstone and siltstone of Triassic age which occur beneath parts of the English Midlands and neighbouring areas eg Cheshire , ref name BGS Nottinghamshire , ref name BGS Devon , eastern Worcestershire and northern Yorkshire . Citation needed date April 2010 Typically red, or occasionally green or grey, these strata are generally featureless and contain few fossils. In basin formations, thick halite bearing layers, or rock salt deposits, are sometimes present at the base of the marl. In modern nomenclature, Keuper marl is included within the Mercia Mudstone Group . ref name BGS http www.bgs.ac.uk lexicon lexicon.cfm?pub MMG British Geological Survey Lexicon of Named Rock Units Mercia Mudstone Group accessed 10 April 2010 ref ref http www.jncc.gov.uk pdf gcrdb v24chap1.pdf Benton M, Cook E, Turner P. Permian and Triassic Red Beds and the Penarth Group of Great Britain , pp. 11, 19. Geological Conservation Review Series , No. 24 Joint Nature Conservation Committee 2002 ISBN 1 86107 493 X ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Keuper Marl Category Siltstone Category Mudstone Category Triassic geologic formations ... more details
Salt concrete or salzbeton is a construction material that is used to reduce the water inflow in mining shafts in salt mines. It is composed of 16 Portland cement cement , 39 halite , 16 limestone powder, 14 water and 15 sand. ref http www.bfs.de de endlager morsleben.html fachartikel pumpversatz.pdf pumpversatz ref History Salt concrete was used for the first time in 1984 in the Kali mine in Rocanville in Canada . ref http www.schachtbau bergbau.de pdfs reflist sichereVerschlussbauwerke n.pdf Thyssen ref A salt concrete seal was also installed in the Asse II mine in Lower Saxony in 1995. ref http www.wmsym.org abstracts pdfs 5233.pdf Investigation of a Salt concrete seal ref Filling tunnels Since the end of the repository for radioactive waste Morsleben in 1998, the salt dome stability deteriorated to a state where it could collapse. Since 2003, a volume of 480.000 m sup 3 sup of saltconcrete has been pumped into the pit to temporarily stabilize the upper levels. In addition another 4.000.000 m sup 3 sup of saltconcrete will be used to temporarily stabilize the lower levels. ref http www.bmu.de atomenergie ver und entsorgung endlagerung morsleben doc 36634.php Endlager f r radioaktive Abf lle Morsleben ERAM ref See also Friedel s salt synthesized first by Georges Friedel Sorel cement produced first by Stanislas Sorel Saltcrete References reflist Category Cement Category Concrete Category Salts Category Underground mining fa nl Zoutbeton ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 otheruses2 Pebble File Pebbleswithquarzite.jpg right thumb Pebbles on a shingle beach in Somerset , England File Pebbles on beach at Broulee NSW Australia 2Jan2009.jpg right thumb Pebbles on a beach at Broulee, Australia A pebble is a clastic rocks clast of rock geology rock with a particle size of 4 to 64 millimetres based on the Particle size grain size Krumbein phi scale of sedimentology . Pebbles are generally considered to be larger than Granule geology granules 2 to 4 millimetres diameter and smaller than Cobble geology cobbles 64 to 256 millimetres diameter . A rock made predominantly of pebbles is termed a conglomerate geology conglomerate . oldowan Pebble tools are among the earliest known man made artifacts, dating from the Palaeolithic period of human history. A beach composed chiefly of surface pebbles is commonly termed a shingle beach . This type of beach has armor hydrology armoring characteristics with respect to wave erosion , as well as ecological niches which can provide habitat for animals and plants. Pebbles come in various colors and textures, and can have streaks of quartz and different colored sedimentary rock. Pebbles are mostly smooth but, dependent on how frequently they come in contact with the sea, they can have marks of contact with other rocks or pebbles. Pebbles left above the tide high water mark may have growths of organisms such as lichen on them, signifying the lack of contact with sea water . Pebbles can also be found inland where ancient seas used to cover the land, when the seas retreat the rocks become landlocked. They can also be found in ponds. Pebbles can also form in river s, and travel into estuary estuaries where the smoothing continues in the sea. Gallery gallery File Wave Retreating from Pebbles.jpg Sea wave polishing pebbles into rounded corners File Pebbles oliv e.jpg Pebbles File Halite Dead Sea Beach Pebbles.JPG Beach pebbles made of halite western Dead Sea co ... more details
File MountSodom061607.jpg thumb Mount Sodom, Israel, showing the so called Lot s Wife pillar made of halite like the rest of the mountain. Image Sodom Salt Cave 031712.JPG thumb Salt cave in Mt. Sodom. coord 31 4 19 N 35 23 49 E type landmark display title Mount Sodom lang he , Har Sedom lang ar , Jabal u ssud m is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel , part of the Judean Desert Nature Reserve. Mount Sodom began its rise hundreds of thousands of years ago, and it continues to grow taller at a rate of 3.5 mm a year. ref cite book last Hareuveni first Imanuel title year 1985 publisher Israel Ministry of Defense location Israel isbn 965 05 0193 2 pages 406, 409 edition 2nd accessdate 8 January 2012 language Hebrew trans title Nature Reserves in Israel quote 240 . 11 2 , , , , . . 20 3.5 , . ref It is most remarkable because it is made almost entirely of halite , or rock salt. It is approximately five miles 8 km long, three miles 5 km wide, convert 742 ft m above the Dead Sea water level, yet convert 557 ft m below sea level . Because of weathering, sometimes portions become separated. One of these separate pillars has been labeled Lot s Wife rock formation Lot s Wife , a reference to Lot s wife in the Biblical account of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah . Wide image Panorama of the Dead sea from Mount Sdom.jpg 1200px View of the Dead Sea from Mount Sodom. See also Judean Desert Nature reserves of Israel Tourism in Israel References commons category reflist DEFAULTSORT Sodom Category Hebrew Bible mountains Category Mountains of Israel Category Dead Sea Category Sodom and Gomorrah he pl Sodom ... more details
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