hydrohalite

noun

hy·​dro·​halite

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: a mineral NaCl.2H₂O consisting of a hydrated chloride of sodium formed only from salty water below the freezing temperature of pure water

Word History

Etymology

German hydrohalit, from hydr- + halit halite, from New Latin halites

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