heavy spar

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. barite.

heavy spar

noun

1. See barytes
   another name for barytes

Word History and Origins

Origin of heavy spar¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

A mixture of two parts of heavy spar and one of the plumbous compound.

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Composed of heavy spar and the carbonate in equal proportions.

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There appears to be none of the radiated quartz, or white opaque heavy spar, which are so abundantly found at the Missouri mines.

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At these places, it is most frequently connected with a gangue of heavy spar and calcareous spar, with pyrites of iron.

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Barytes scratches easily with the knife, and from its great specific gravity is often called heavy-spar.

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