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barite
This term refers specifically to the mineral form of barium sulfate. In industrial contexts, it is prized for its extreme density, making it an essential weighting agent in drilling muds to prevent blowouts during oil and gas exploration.
As a chemical substance and mineral, it is treated as an uncountable mass noun. It does not have a plural form in standard geological or industrial usage; instead, quantities are described using mass measurements or partitive phrases such as a sample of barite or a deposit of barite.
Meanings
Examples
The geologist identified a large vein of barite in the limestone.
We need to add more barite to the drilling mud to increase its density.
Is this specimen pure barite or a mixture of minerals?
The white crystals of barite shimmered under the laboratory light.
I wonder if this sample of barite is from the local quarry.
Barite is an essential weighting agent for deep-sea oil exploration.
The mineral barite is known for its unusually high specific gravity.
Check the hardness of the barite before you start the analysis.
The sediment layer contained significant deposits of barite.
The sediment layer contained significant deposits of barite.