Salt Glossary
Evaporite
A rock that forms when salty water evaporates and leaves its minerals behind.
Halite (rock salt) and gypsum are evaporites, and many of today's salt mines work ancient evaporite beds left by long-vanished seas.
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The Salt Almanac. (2026, November 8). Evaporite. https://saltalmanac.com/glossary/evaporite
“Evaporite | Salt Glossary.” The Salt Almanac, 8 Nov. 2026, saltalmanac.com/glossary/evaporite. Accessed [today's date].
“Evaporite | Salt Glossary.” The Salt Almanac. Last modified November 8, 2026. https://saltalmanac.com/glossary/evaporite.
Original sources
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Salt labelling requirements. https://inspection.canada.ca/en/food-labels/labelling/industry/salt
- WorldAtlas. Where is the world's largest underground salt mine? https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/where-is-the-world-s-largest-underground-salt-mine.html
- U.S. Geological Survey. Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Salt. https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2026/mcs2026-salt.pdf