Evaporite Formation · A Dried Sea
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Order CaCO₃ → CaSO₄ → NaCl
Sequence set by Ksp
stage
Calcite CaCO₃
Gypsum CaSO₄·2H₂O
Halite NaCl
K-Mg bittern salts
Brine / seawater
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