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bar•ite
Pronunciation: (bâr'īt, bar'-), [key]—
n.
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO
4, occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
Also,barytes.Also called
heavy spar. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.