evaporite definition
Evaporite /É¨ËvaepÉraÉªt/ É¨ËvÃ¦pÉraÉªt is a name for a-water soluble mineral sediment that results from concentration and crystallization by evaporation from an aqueous. solutionn fact, most evaporite formations do not contain more than a few percent of evaporite minerals, the remainder being composed of the more typical detrital clastic rocks and carbonates. Examples of evaporate formations include occurrences of evaporite sulfur in Eastern Europe and West Asia.