Definitions for barite

barite bar·ite

Spelling: [bair-ahyt, bar-]
IPA: /ˈbɛər aɪt, ˈbær-/

Barite is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in barite (abeirt).

Definitions for barite

noun

  1. a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.

Origin of barite

First recorded in 1780-90; bar(ytes) + -ite1

Examples for barite

Witherite, the barium carbonate, is a much rarer mineral but is found with barite in some veins.

The principal deposits of barite are found in sedimentary rocks, and especially in limestones and dolomites.

The gangue is mainly fine-grained quartz or jasperoid, and barite.

Thus calc spar is a common name for calcite, heavy spar for barite, needle spar for aragonite, and so on.

Germany is the world's principal producer of barite and has large reserves of high grade.

Word Value for barite
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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