On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:34:18 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>Heh! Reminds me of the nice rocks sold at one of the gift shops in
>Austin. They had some nice samples of Halite. They'd posted a sign next
>to them not to get them wet
>
>Evidently some customers had purchased some and tried to use them as
>fish tank rocks. <g>

Not funny IMO. Let me get this straight. Halite is rock salt.
Everyone knows rock salt, Halite is not as well known. In fact, I'd
never heard of it until this thread. So they sell it for more if they
call it Halite?


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