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saline_evaporite
saline evaporite
English
Noun
saline evaporite (plural saline evaporites)
- (geology) a deposit of sedimentary rock composed of salts precipitated during solar evaporation of surface brines
See also
- anhydrite
- antarctictite
- aphthitalite
- aragonite
- astrakanite
- bassanite
- bischofite
- blödite
- burkeite
- calcite
- carnalite
- dolomite
- epsomite
- gaylussite
- glaserite
- glauberite
- gypsum
- halite
- hexahydrite
- ikaite
- kainite
- kieserite
- langbeinite
- leonhardite
- leonite
- loewite
- magnesite
- mirabilite
- nahcolite
- natron
- pentahydrite
- picromerite
- pirssonite
- polyhalite
- rinneite
- sanderite
- schoenite
- shortite
- sylvite
- syngenite
- tachyhydrite
- thermonatrite
- thernadite
- trona