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halite (n.)
"rock-salt, natural sodium chloride," 1868, coined as Modern Latin
halites
in 1847 by German mineralogist Ernst Friedrich Glocker (1793-1858), from Greek
hals
"salt" (see
halo-
) + chemical noun suffix
-ite
(2).