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Dead Sea Salts, Lotions, Masks, Soaps and Scrubs
Experience the therapeutic minerals of the Dead Sea
The mineral content of the Dead Sea* is significantly different from that of ocean water, consisting of approximately 53% magnesium chloride, 37% potassium chloride and 8% sodium chloride (common salt) with the remainder comprised of various trace elements. The concentration of sulfate ions is very low, and the bromide ion concentration is the highest of all waters on Earth. Chlorides neutralize most of the calcium ions in the Dead Sea and its surroundings.
While in other seas sodium chloride is 97% of the salts, in the Dead Sea the quantity of sodium chloride is only 12-18%. The water temperature varies from 19 °C in February to 31 °C in August. Comparison between the chemical composition of the Dead Sea to other lakes and oceans show that the salt concentration in the Dead Sea is 31.5% (the salinity fluctuates somewhat). Because of its unusually high concentration of salt, anyone can easily float in the Dead Sea because of natural buoyancy as a result of the higher density of the water.
*Although called the Dead Sea, it is actually a lake where the life giving salts of the Mediterranean Sea became concentrated in ancient times and developed a unique composition long recognized as beneficial to human well-being. One of the first health spas in recorded history was built on its shores. Our bath salts are specially imported from this unique resource.
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