baryte
Sign in to saveBaryte or barite ( ), also called barytes ( ), is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO4). Baryte is generally white or colorless, and is the main source of the element barium. The baryte group consists of baryte, celestine (strontium sulfate), anglesite (lead sulfate), and anhydrite (calcium sulfate). Baryte and celestine form a solid solution .
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Baryte is a mineral made of barium sulfate that is typically white or colorless and serves as the primary source for obtaining the element barium. It belongs to a group of similar minerals that include celestine, anglesite, and anhydrite, and can form solid solutions with celestine.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Barite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfate mineral, barite group
- Mineral.image
- Barite - Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies, Huanuco, Peru.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Baryte crystals from Cerro Huarihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalíes, Huánuco, Peru
- Mineral.formula
- BaSO4
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Brt
- Mineral.strunz
- 7.AD.35
- Mineral.dana
- 28.03.01.01
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm)H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnma
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11 sectionsContents
- Names and history
- Name
- Mineral associations and locations
- Uses
- In oil and gas drilling
- In oxygen and sulfur isotopic analysis
- Geochronological dating
- Other uses
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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Baryte or barite ( ), also called barytes ( ), is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaSO4). Baryte is generally white or colorless, and is the main source of the element barium. The baryte group consists of baryte, celestine (strontium sulfate), anglesite (lead sulfate), and anhydrite (calcium sulfate). Baryte and celestine form a solid solution .