barite

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”), βαρύτης (barútēs, “weight”).

Noun

barite (countable and uncountable, plural barites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO₄.

Synonyms

• barytes
• heavy spar

Derived terms

• nitrobarite

Translations

mineral

• Finnish: bariitti
• French: barite (fr), baryte (fr) f, barote (fr) f, barytine (fr) f
• German: Baryt (de) m, Barit m, Schwerspat m
• Greek: βαρίτης (el) m (varítis)
• Hungarian: barit
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• Italian: barite f, baritina f
• Serbo-Croatian: barit (sh) m
• Spanish: barita (es) f, baritina (es) f

See also

• Bologna stone

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Barite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “barite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• baiter, rebait, terbia, tiebar

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Adverb

barite

1. past adverbial passive participle of bari

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French

Noun

barite f (plural barites)

1. Alternative form of baryte

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Verb

barite

1. adverbial past passive participle of barar

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Italian

Alternative forms

• baritina (dated)

Noun

barite f (plural bariti)

1. (mineralogy) barite