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barite

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.

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barite

n. (context mineral English) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula bariumsulfuroxygen4.

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barite

n. a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium [syn: heavy spar, barytes, barium sulphate]

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There is at the Warm Springs a thriving mill for crushing and pulverizing barites, known vulgarly as heavy-spar.