This groundwater, originating from surrounding aquifers, penetrates into the saline lake sediments, leaching out extremely old and thick layers of rock consisting mainly of the mineral halite.

This mineral — halite — gets harvested by drilling the rock face, crushing the salt, and splintering it into pieces. So is pink salt intrinsically healthier, and therefore should cost more?

In the form of a natural crystalline mineral, salt is also known as rock salt or halite. Salt is essential for life in general (being the source of the essential dietary minerals sodium and ...

Additionally, rare minerals such as clinoatacamite and antarcticite were identified, shedding light on the site's complex geochemical evolution. The presence of bitumen within the halite layers ...