barite

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “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

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

Italian: barite f, baritina f
Serbo-Croatian: barit (sh) m
Spanish: barita (es) f, baritina (es) f

See also

Bologna stone

Further reading

“Barite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“barite”, in 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

French

Noun

barite f (plural barites)

Alternative form of baryte

Ido

Verb

barite

adverbial past passive participle of barar

Italian

Alternative forms

baritina (dated)

Noun

barite f (plural bariti)

(mineralogy) barite

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