Evaporite
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A stunning halite specimen of water-clear, stacked echelon and offset cubes. From the famed salt deposits at Stassfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Courtesy Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com, CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Gypsum formation of Capo Bianco, at the mouth of the river Platani, Sicily. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Anhydrite from Chihuahua, Mexico. Courtesy Wikipedia.
Evaporites are minerals produced by the evaporation of water. This may occur in marine or nonmarine settings. The common evaporite minerals associated with petroleum exploration are halite, gypsum, and anhydrite.
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