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Barite

Ba′rite

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Noun.
(Min.)
Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called
heavy spar
. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.

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barite

barite

English

Noun

barite (countable and uncountable, plural barites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO4.

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  • Bologna stone
  1. James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951

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Adverb

barite

  1. past adverbial passive participle of bari

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barite

  1. adverbial past passive participle of barar