barite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βἀρος (baros, “weight”), βαρύτης (barútēs, “weight”).^[1]

Noun

barite (countable and uncountable, plural barites)

(mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula Ba S O₄.

Synonyms

barytes
heavy spar

Derived terms

nitrobarite

Translations

mineral

French: barite (fr)
German: Baryt (de) m
Greek: βαρίτης (el) m (varítis)

Hungarian: barit
Serbo-Croatian: barit (sh) m
Spanish: barita (es) f

See also

Bologna stone

Further reading

“Barite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
barite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

↑ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951

Anagrams

baiter, rebait, terbia, tiebar

Esperanto

Adverb

barite

past adverbial passive participle of bari

Ido

Verb

barite

adverbial past passive participle of barar

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