Baryte
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Sulfate
- Crystal system
- Orthorhombic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Colour
- Colourless, White, Grey, Yellow
- Lustre
- Glassy, Pearly
- Use
- Industry
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- The name comes from Greek barys, heavy, because baryte is unusually dense for a pale mineral.
- Baryte does not dissolve in water, and most of it is used to weigh down the mud used in oil-well drilling.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q184196 · All stones · All entries