Editing Potash (section)

=== Origin of potash ore ===
Most of the world reserves of potassium (K) were deposited as sea water in ancient [[inland ocean]]s. After the water evaporated, the potassium salts crystallized into beds of potash ore. These are the locations where potash is being mined today. The deposits are a naturally occurring mixture of potassium chloride (KCl; mineral name [[sylvite]]) and sodium chloride (NaCl; mineral name [[halite]]), more commonly known as [[table salt]]. Over time, as the surface of the earth changed, these deposits were covered by thousands of feet of earth.<ref name="digital.library.okstate.edu">Robert C. Fite [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/oas/oas_pdf/v32/p123_125.pdf Origin and occurrence of commercial potash deposits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623234316/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/OAS/oas_pdf/v32/p123_125.pdf|date=2010-06-23}}, ''Academy of Sciences for 1951'', p. 123</ref>