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Webster 1913 Edition


Barytes

Ba-ry′tes

,
Noun.
[Gr.
βαρύσ
heavy: cf. Gr.
βαρύτησ
heaviness, F.
baryte
.]
(Min.)
Barium sulphate, generally called
heavy spar
or
barite
. See
Barite
.