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Number 11

Color--------------------Colorless

Luster------------------Nonmetallic, glassy to dull glassy

Streak------------------White

Hardness--------------2.5

Cleavage/--------------Cleavage, 3 good cleavges at 90
Fracture                    degrees - cubic

S.G.---------------------2.1

Special Properties---salty taste

Formula----------------NaCl

Mineral name---------Halite

Family------------------Halides

Uses--------------------table salt

Halite

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