barite - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • band: Cavities within the massive banded barite are commonly lined with translucent brown prismatic crystals.

Adjective modifier

  • massive: The mineral is regularly found associated with massive barite or calcite.

Modifies a noun

  • crystal: A group of platy golden brown barite crystals 22 mm long on drusy calcite.
  • vein: It is believed that this event occurred separately from the other metal deposition explaining why barite veins are far more common.
  • specimen: Until recently it was not known for collectible minerals but it has just produced a very fine, if small, barite specimen.

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