barytes
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of barytes
First recorded in 1780–90; see origin at baryta
Example Sentences
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Finally, there is added to it 35 per cent. of powdered asbestos and 5 to 8 per cent. of white barytes.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.
The ore is found in detached pieces and solid masses, in beds, in red clay, accompanied by sulphate of barytes, calcareous spar, blende, iron pyrites, and quartz.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
In the same way, black fixe and barytes, or barium sulphate, also appeared to be useful in strengthening a paint.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.
Celestine is a less abundant mineral than barytes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Sulphates.—Only two sulphates may be noticed—namely, gypsum, which is a sulphate of lime, with its varieties, selenite, satin-spar, and alabaster; and barytes, a sulphate of baryta.
From Geology by Geikie, James
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