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Halide Minerals

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Halide minerals are a group of naturally occurring inorganic compounds that are salts of the halogen acids and encompass minerals with a dominant halide anion (F−, Cl−, Br−, and I−). Complex halide minerals can also have polyatomic anions addition to, or that include, halides. With the notable exceptions of halite (rock salt), sylvite , carnallite, which are the result of the solar evaporation of a brine, and fluorite a widespread hydrothermal precipitate , halide minerals are typically rare and of very local occurrence. Most are fumarolic sublimates or alteration/weathering products tied to exposure to, or brine interaction with, various metalliferous ore deposits (Table 1).

Table 1 Natural halide minerals
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Warren, J. (2016). Halide Minerals. In: White, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_108-1

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