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The main source of barium
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barite
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium [syn: heavy spar , barytes , barium sulphate ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barytes \Ba*ry"tes\, n. [Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite . See Barite .
Usage examples of barite.
There is at the Warm Springs a thriving mill for crushing and pulverizing barites, known vulgarly as heavy-spar.