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Salt used to be shaped into cones
Salt makers at Halle shovelled wet salt into tapered baskets, where it drained and dried into cones; from 37 dipperfuls of brine they made two cones. Elsewhere, salt was pressed into moulds shaped like tablets.
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). Salt used to be shaped into cones. https://saltalmanac.com/did-you-know/salt-sold-in-cones
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Original sources
- Agricola, G. De Re Metallica, Book 12. Hoover trans., 1912. https://archive.org/details/georgiusagricola00agririch