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barytes

Noun

ba=ry=tes

WORDNET DICTIONARY

barytes(n = noun.substance) barite, barium sulphate, heavy spar - a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium; Array

is a kind of mineral

barytes, n. [Gr. bary`s heavy: cf. Gr. bary`ths heaviness, F. baryte.].

Barium sulphate, generally called heavy spar or barite. See Barite. [1913 Webster]

barytes, n. a mineral form of barium sulphate.

Etymology

Gk barus heavy, partly assim. to mineral names in -ites

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