barytes

American  

[buh-rahy-teez] / bəˈraɪ tiz /

noun

Mineralogy.

1. barite.

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barytes British  

/ bəˈraɪtiːz /

noun

1. Also called: barite.   heavy spar.  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

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Etymology

Origin of barytes

First recorded in 1780–90; baryta

Example Sentences

There are manufactures of leather gloves and other goods, and in the neighbourhood barytes and coal mines and extensive market gardens.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Quartz, fluor-spar, barytes, calcite, &c. are among the commonest vein-minerals, and with these are frequently associated ores of various metals.

From Geology by Geikie, James

Lime and barytes, both of which are afforded in plenty at the mines, might therefore be advantageously employed, when no sand or easy-melting silicious gravel could be obtained.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

The miners, who employ their own conventional terms, call this substance glass tiff, to distinguish it from the sulphate of barytes, which is denominated tiff.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

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