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'''Salt''' <ref> '''Salt''' is the every day term for the chemical compound ''Sodium Chloride'' (''NaCl''); it occurs naturally in many parts of the world and is particularly prevalent in the area of the ''[[Dead Sea]]''. '''Halite''' is the mineral form of sodium chloride.</ref><ref>An interesting quality of salt is that when it is used it looses itself. Example, (1) when used in cooking the salt can not be seen; it makes its contribution and is "gone". (2) In various chemical processes, salt "dissipates" after it has fulfilled its purpose.</ref> is referenced in the Bible on many occassions and whenever it is mentioned it is used as an essential reference.
* In the [[Book of Job]], written hundreds of years before Christ, is found the line, “Can nothing which is unsavory be eaten without salt.”
