Crossword-Solution: BARITE
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| Barite | n. | Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins. |
Anagrams
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| BARITE | anagram | ARBEIT, BAITER, BEARIT, BERATI, BIRETA, REBAIT, TERBIA, TIEBAR, TREBIA |
We have 19 clues for the answer “BARITE”
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| Ore source of element #56 | 1 answer |
| Mineral used in some paints | 1 answer |
| Mineral used in paint | 1 answer |
| Mineral used in automobile finishes | 1 answer |
| Mineral used as a weighting agent | 1 answer |
| Mineral also called heavy spar | 1 answer |
| Mineral that's the main source of a heavy-metal element | 1 answer |
| mineral white | 2 answers |
| colourless or white mineral | 2 answers |
| WHITE paint, heavy spar used as | 2 answers |
| Heavy spar. | 2 answers |
| White mineral. | 5 answers |
| ALSO USED METAPHORICALLY | 10 answers |
| ALSO USED AS A MILD DISINFECTANT AND AS AN OXIDANT IN ROCKET FUELS | 10 answers |
| ALSO USED WITH ABSTRACT NOUNS | 10 answers |
| ALSO USED AS A VERB | 10 answers |
| Paint ingredient | 10 answers |
| Crystalline mineral | 14 answers |
| Mineral ___ | 41 answers |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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eruption
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Sentences with BARITE (5)
ARGILLITE, ARESENIC, ARSENOPYRITE, Barite, CALCITE, CASSITERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CHALK, CINNABAR, COPPER (native), Corundum, Dolomite, EMERY, FELDSPAR, Flint, GALENITE, GRANITE, GRAPHITE, GYPSUM, HEMATITE, Hornblende, Jasper, LIMONITE, MAGNESITE, MAGNETITE, MALACHITE, Meerschaum, MICA, OBSIDIAN, Orpiment, PYRITE, QUARTZ, Realgar, SAND, SERPENTINE, SIDERITE, SPHALERITE, Talc, ZINCITE Metals and Alloys.
FLUORITE (calcium fluoride), a mineral harder than calcite and crystallizing in cubes of various colors, and BARITE (barium sulphate), a heavy white mineral, are abundant in many veins.
The beauty of vegetation denied those desolate buttes and ridges is atoned for by a marvelous abundance of most wonderful crystals of aragonite, calcite, barite and satin spar; each to itself, or two or more combined in beautiful geodes or else arranged in great flat slabs crystallized on both sides of a thin sheet of lime.
The long slender barite crystals of a bright golden brown color are especially beautiful but are generally seen in the specimen stores, as the deposit is confined to limited areas and the few persons familiar with the locations are not over anxious to introduce the general public.
Its most striking feature and the one from which it derives its name barytes, barite (from the Greek [Greek: barus] heavy) or heavy spar, is its weight.
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1962–2020).