heavy spar

American  

noun

Mineralogy.

1. barite.

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heavy spar British  

noun

1. another name for barytes

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Etymology

Origin of heavy spar

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Korable, remarkable for its many caverns, studded with crystals of translucent quartz and amethyst, the former, together with fluor and heavy spar, being met with, too, in the eastern parts of the mountain.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

The amount of work involved in getting the long, heavy spar into position, with all its jungle of standing rigging, which looks to the uninstructed eye a hopeless mass of entanglement, is enormous.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The Kentucky galena cannot be economically separated from the containing heavy spar.

From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.

He was sighting a gun when a round shot cut the spanker boom, and a fragment of the heavy spar knocked him senseless.

From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Paine, Ralph Delahaye