The Middle East is a geographical and cultural region located primarily in western Asia, but also in parts of northern Africa and southeastern Europe. The western border of the Middle East is defined by the Mediterranean Sea, where Israel, Lebanon, and Syria rest opposite from Greece and Italy in Europe.
Anyway, table salt is r efined. That means itâs highly-processed. It is bleached, filtered, and stripped of other naturally occurring trace minerals. Then chemicals are added to keep the salt from absorbing water and clumping.
Salt is a mineral composed of sodium and chlorine. Neither can exist alone in natural form. Together, they form the chemical compound that is sodium chloride. To geologists, salt is known as halite. Salt is a crystal of the isometric system, meaning it is usually cubic and perfectly symmetrical. Pure salt crystals are colorless, although a pile of them will appear to be white. Impurities in the crystals may cause salt to be various shades of yellow, red, blue or purple.