Rock Salt
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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WHAT IS ROCK SALT?
Halite, commonly known as rock salt, is the mineral form of sodium chloride. Halite forms isometric crystals.
Rock salt is a sedimentary rock and is also mined for chemical purposes. It is formed from ocean and saline evaporation .
Rock salt can also be made for a good vanilla ice cream made by no other than Tavaris Owens himself
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AMERICAN ROCK SALT is the largest operating salt mine in the United States with a capacity for producing up to 18,000 tons each day. Established in 1997, this underground salt mine is the only one built in the United States in the last 40 years.
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A salt mine is a mine that extracts rock salt or halite from evaporite formations.
Table salt and rock salt are very alike table salt is just big rock salt broken down it has a little less chemical difference but both are largely sodium chloride
Large (1 gallon) plastic jar(a coffee can works, too)
2 quart-size zipper-lock bags
Half & Half
Crushed ice (or snow in the winter!)
Rock salt
Vanilla
Sugar
Towel (or winter gloves)
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