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Meanings of barite in English

Catalan
espat pesant

A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium.

espat pesant
Usage of barite in English
1
Archaeologists unearthed the bones of at least five people at Jebel Irhoud, a former barite mine 100km west of Marrakesh, in excavations that lasted years.
The Guardian
2
There is at the Warm Springs a thriving mill for crushing and pulverizing barites, known vulgarly as heavy-spar.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 4
3
The "open pit" of the outworked Ballynoe Barite Mine provides at least one ideal solution for a local problem, at least within its environs.
The Irish Times
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