Barytes
101heavy spar — noun a white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium • Syn: ↑barite, ↑barytes, ↑barium sulphate • Hypernyms: ↑mineral • Substance Meronyms: ↑barium, ↑Ba, ↑ …
102baryte — or barytes variant of barite …
103bologna stone — noun or bolognan stone Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: Bologna (I) or Bolognan (I); from its discovery near Bologna, Italy : the mineral barite when found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers, being phosp …
104ba|ry|ta — «buh RY tuh», noun. 1. a whitish powder, barium oxide, used in the manufacture of glass and of barium salts; heavy earth. Formula: BaO 2. Obsolete. = barium. (Cf. ↑barium) ╂[a New Latin form of barytes] …
105ba|ry|tes — «buh RY teez», noun. = barite. (Cf. ↑barite) ╂[< Greek barytēs weight < barys heavy] …
