Dr Hazen and his team speculate from meteorite and early rock studies that several hundred mineral species, including zircon, quartz, clay and halite salt crystals, formed during this early period of mineral evolution.

ECONOMIST: Minerals

Salt-roasting, which draws on the mineral's ability to conduct heat, generally involves cooking and coating a whole fish in a salt crust.

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Salt snobs especially prize the mild, mineral flavor that sea salts convey.

FORBES: Salt Chic