Rock salt is different. In certain regions of the world, buried hundreds of feet below the ground are remains of evaporated seas. This mineral — halite — gets harvested by drilling the rock ...

Also called rock salt, road salt is halite, the mineral form of naturally mined sodium chloride, according to the American Chemistry Council. The salt lowers the freezing point of water ...

When ice and snow build up on walkways and driveways, here's what you should know about clearing the way for cars and ...

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 ...

Scientists may have discovered how the Mediterranean Sea vanished, according to a new study revealing it happened in two phases.