| HALITE | Colourless or white mineral used to produce common salt and chlorine (6) |
| GYPSUM | Colourless or white mineral used in the manufacture of plaster of Paris (6) |
| JARGON | Colourless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon (6) |
| KAOLIN | Fine white clay produced by the decomposition of feldspar and other minerals, used to make porcelain and bone china (6) |
| SILICA | Mineral used to make glass and cement (6) |
| QUARTZ | Colourless mineral used to make glass (6) |
| LAZULI | Lapis -; blue mineral used to decorate Tutankhamun's gold burial mask (6) |
| SALINE | Containing or consisting of common salt (6) |
| SODIUM | Element occurring in common salt (6) |
| IODINE | Common salt additive |
| ALABASTER | White mineral used for carving (9) |
| DOLOMITE | White mineral used in cement (8) |
| TALC | White mineral used in powerlifting (4) |
| LIFECYCLES | Iron, carbon, yttrium and chlorine found in lounges and various series of developments (4,6) |
| CREOSOL | Colourless or pale yellow insoluble oily liquid with a smoky odour and a burning taste (7) |
| FELDSPAR | A rock-forming mineral typically occurring as a colourless or pale-coloured crystal (8) |
| FELSPAR | An abundant rock-forming mineral typically occurring as colourless or pale crystals (7) |
| MILTONOF | Pie, if mixed with common salt, leads to East Dunbartonshire source of 2Dn (6,2,7) |
| CAMPSIE | Pie, if mixed with common salt, leads to East Dunbartonshire source of 2Dn (6,2,7) |
| OPAL | Iridescent mineral used to make ring given to friend |
