Materials

Evaporite

Sedimentary Rocks

Citation Formats

General Reference

Earth and Environment Atlas. "Evaporite." Accessed September 9, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/evaporite.

APA Style

Earth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). Evaporite. Retrieved September 9, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/evaporite

BibTeX

@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-evaporite,
  author = {Earth and Environment Atlas},
  title = {Evaporite},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/evaporite},
  note = {Accessed September 9, 2026}
}

An evaporite is a water-soluble sedimentary mineral deposit caused by the concentration and crystallization that results when enough of the water solvent evaporates from an aqueous solution. Evaporites are formed by chemical sediments, crystallizing out as dissolved salts left behind as water evaporates.

Facts

Kind

Rock 1

Formation Class

Sedimentary, chemical (a water-soluble mineral deposit formed by crystallization as water evaporates from solution) 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Calcite

Calcite named as one of the most common marine evaporite minerals; cited via evaporite's own registered source since Calcite carries only the generic mineral-wikipedia stub as its own source.

Source Evaporite (Wikipedia)

Gypsum

Gypsum named as one of the most common marine evaporite minerals.

Source Evaporite (Wikipedia)

Halite

Halite named as one of the most common marine evaporite minerals.

Source Evaporite (Wikipedia)