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Physical Properties of Halite
Cleavage:
{100} Perfect, {010} Perfect, {001} Perfect
Color:
White, Clear, Light blue, Dark blue, Pink.
Density:
2.17
Diaphaneity:
Transparent
Fracture:
Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Habit:
Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals.
Habit:
Euhedral Crystals - Occurs as well-formed crystals showing good external form.
Habit:
Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.
Hardness:
2.5 - Finger Nail
Luminescence:
Fluorescent, Short UV=red, green (organic inclusions) orange, Long UV=red, green orange.
Luster:
Vitreous (Glassy)
Magnetism:
Nonmagnetic
Streak:
white
Optical Properties of Halite
Optical Data:
Isotropic, n=1.544.
Calculated Properties of Halite
Electron Density:
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=2.07 gm/cc note: Specific Gravity of Halite =2.16 gm/cc.
Fermion Index:
Fermion Index = 0 Boson Index = 1
Photoelectric:
PEHalite = 4.63 barns/electron U=PEHalite x rElectron Density= 9.59 barns/cc.
Radioactivity:
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Halite is Not Radioactive
Chemical Formula: 
