What is the Rock Salt

What is the Rock Salt

WHAT IS ROCK SALT ?

Rock salt, or Halite, is mined all over the world. The byproduct of dried up enclosed seas and ancient lakes, the resulting halite was, over time, covered in sediment and natural material. Mining for this salt requires locating and extracting sodium chloride from vast stretches of underground salt beds.  Focusing on both the indigenous salt mines and on the Siwa Oasis in Egypt, we offer two types of rock salt products: pure Egyptian rock salt and also that which is mixed with 23% sea salt. Rock salt extracted from Siwa boasts a purity of 99.2% with a maximum moisture content of 1%

AVAILABLE TYPES OF ROCK SALT

Betna Star Salt provides a variety of sodium chloride products for both commercial and residential uses. With access to the best mines and resources available, our product stock is certainly considerable.

Raw Salt

Bulk Road Salt

Containing rather large crystals, this unrefined form of mined Egyptian rock salt bulk often contains a large amount of sediment and dirt. Still, however, it has proven useful certainly for de-icing bulk applications along with a variety of industrial applications.

Washed Salt

Washing bulk rock salt in its brine, the undesirable matter is thus removed and the product is essentially cleaned, leaving it whiter in appearance, closer to what many would consider the “true” color of salt.   Useful in industrial and chemical applications, this washed salt can also ultimately be used toward the production of table salt and can be shipped in bulk or jumbo bags.

Crushed Salt

Once mined and extracted, large salt crystals will often go through a cycle in which it may get crushed three or four times. Using grinding mills, we can create smaller particles suitable for use in a number of industries.