barite

bar·ite

B0078900 (bâr′īt, băr′-) also ba·ry·tes (bə-rī′tēz)n. A yellow, white, or colorless crystalline mineral of barium sulfate, BaSO₄, that is used in paint and as the chief source of barium chemicals. Also called heavy spar.

[Greek barus, heavy; see g^werə- in Indo-European roots + -ite.]

barite

(ˈbɛəraɪt) n (Minerals) US and Canadian a colourless or white mineral consisting of barium sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form, occurring in sedimentary rocks and with sulphide ores: a source of barium. Formula: BaSO4. Also called: barytes or heavy spar [C18: from bar(ium) + -ite¹]

bar•ite

(ˈbɛər aɪt, ˈbær-)

n. a mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO₄, occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium. [1780–90; bar (ytes) + -ite¹]

bar·ite

(bâr′īt) A usually white or clear mineral consisting of barium sulfate and occurring as flattened blades. Barite also occurs in a circular pattern of crystals that looks like a flower and, when colored red by iron stains, is called a desert rose. Barite is used as a source of barium.

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barite - a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of bariumbarytes, heavy spar, barium sulphateatomic number 56, Ba, barium - a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in baritemineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

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barite

(bâr`īt),

barytes

(bərī`tēz) [New Lat., from barium], or

heavy spar,

a white, yellow, blue, red, or colorless mineral. It is a sulfate of barium, BaSO₄, found in nature as tabular crystals or in granular or massive form and has a high specific gravity. The mineral is widely distributed throughout the world. It often occurs in veins with lead and zinc minerals. It is insoluble in water, and this property is made use of in testing for the sulfatesulfate,
chemical compound containing the sulfate (SO₄) radical. Sulfates are salts or esters of sulfuric acid, H₂SO₄, formed by replacing one or both of the hydrogens with a metal (e.g., sodium) or a radical (e.g., ammonium or ethyl).
..... Click the link for more information. radical. It is practically insoluble under ordinary conditions in all the usual chemical reagents. Barite is used as a commercial source of barium and many of its compounds. Ground barite is used as a filler in the manufacture of linoleum, oilcloth, paper and textile manufacturing, rubber, and plastics. Finely ground barite is used to make a thixotropic mud for sealing oil wells during drilling. Prime white, a bleached barite, is used as a pigment in white paint but is not as satisfactory as blanc fixe, a chemically precipitated barium sulfate, or lithopone, a mixture of barium sulfate, zinc sulfide, and zinc oxide.

barite

[′ba‚rīt] (mineralogy) BaSO₄ A white, yellow, or colorless orthorhombic mineral occurring in tabular crystals, granules, or compact masses; specific gravity is 4.5; used in paints and drilling muds and as a source of barium chemicals; the principal ore of barium. Also known as baryte; barytine; cawk; heavy spar.

barite

A mineral used in concrete as an aggregate, esp. for the construction of high-density radiation shielding; also called barium sulfate.

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noun a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4)

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