1) Barium sulphate 2) Barytes 3) Crystalline mineral 4) Heavy spar 5) Mineral 6) Mineral used in paint 7) Paint ingredient 8) The main source of barium 9) White mineral
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1) Barytes
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• (n.) 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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the most common barium mineral, barium sulfate (BaSO4). Barite occurs in hydrothermal ore veins (particularly those containing lead and silver), in ... [3 related articles]
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<chemical> Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colourless, 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. ... Source: Websters Dictiona...
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barium sulfate; a mineral frequently used to increase the weight or density of drilling mud. Its relative density is 4.2 (or 4.2 times denser than water). See barium sulfate, mud.
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Ba'rite 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 co...
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Barite or baryte is major ore of barium. It has a high specific gravity for a light coloured mineral and is a common gangue mineral in hydrothermal veins or as a replacement mineral in veins of limestone and dolomite. It is associated with lead, silver and antimony sulphides. It has the formulae BaSO4 and a relative hardness of 3. It was the first ...
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Barium sulfate
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(Barium Sulfate) Barite is a common mineral and makes very attractive specimens. It often is an accessory mineral to other minerals and can make a nice backdrop to brightly colored crystals. At times bladed or tabular crystals of Barite form a concentric pattern of increasingly larger crystals outward. This has the appearance...
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