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 Today I'm voting for bischofite because it's Permian sea salt evaporate, which is pretty cool.

No specific #folklore for it, but it reminded me of a Colombian folktale about a boy who carries salt for a chief, and gets caught in a rain that washes he salt away. The boy prays to the god Bochica, who takes him on a journey, shows him the hidden riches under the earh, and on a beach teaches him how to create salt pans to collect sea salt.

#MinCup23 #folktales