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BARYTES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A white or colorless mineral (BaSO4); the main source of barium
Synonyms:
barite; barium sulphate; barytes; heavy spar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("barytes" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "barytes"):
atomic number 56; Ba; barium (a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite)
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