Barite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A yellow, white, or colorless crystalline mineral of barium sulfate, BaSO4, that is used in paint and as the chief source of barium chemicals. Also called heavy spar.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO4.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Native barium sulphate: also called barytes and heavy-spar, because of its high specific gravity.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mineral   
    Cross Reference
    Bologna stone   
    Variant
    heavy spar   
    Form
    nitrobarite   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heavy spar    barytes   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ferrite   
     
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