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Crystalline mineral
Answer for the clue "Crystalline mineral ", 6 letters:
barite
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Word definitions for barite in dictionaries
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 .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context mineral English) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula bariumsulfuroxygen 4 .
Usage examples of barite.
There is at the Warm Springs a thriving mill for crushing and pulverizing barites, known vulgarly as heavy-spar.