barytes
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At this locality, the ore is accompanied by the sulphate of barytes, and is sometimes crystallized in cubes or octohedrons.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraftbarytes scratches easily with the knife, and from its great specific gravity is often called heavy-spar.
Geology | James GeikieMagnesia dissolved in much smaller quantity, and barytes seemed to decompose the sugar entirely.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe "crested" or "cock's comb" barytes occurs as rounded aggregations of thin lamellar crystals.
Primed and second coated with a green paint containing zinc oxide and barytes, ground in an oil having a low saponification value.
Paint Technology and Tests | Henry A. Gardner
British Dictionary definitions for barytes
/ (bəˈraɪtiːz) /
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: BaSO 4: Also called: (esp US and Canadian) barite, heavy spar
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