Talk:Baryte

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I have added a redirect from Baryte (the British spelling) to this page.

Dlloyd 01:56, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I wish to also add that in some areas barite is also known as "heavy spar" (uSER: OBASSI, ETTU 12:12 6th AugusT 2004 (RMRDC, MAITAMA- ABUJA)

I note that 'baryte' is actually the official spelling approved by the International Mineralogical Association (see www.mindat.org for refs), so the redirections should actually be the other way round. 'Heavy spar' is an unofficial miners' term of historical interest. AGC.

No - keep as is. It's another British/American English thing. As per Wiki reccommendations we normally stay with first use which was the article creation 25 June 2002. IMA may reccommend baryte for whatever reasons, but wiki is not bound by the IMA in spelling issues. Google search returns 809,000 for barite versus 292,000 for baryte for whatever it's worth. The baryte redirect now only has five links. Vsmith 20:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually the IMA is on the same level as say the International zoological association and others. as the governing body the decision to use the Baryte spelling, the original spelling before the trend to "Americanize" mineral names, IS as binding as a nomenclature name for a primate species. Because the name change was only at most or two ago the google results are going to be skewed to the Barite spelling.  This page should be redirected to the offical spelling. Kevmin 21:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * The USGS (an official organization) uses the spelling "barite", so I am going to reward "Barite is the unofficial American spelling." to "Barite is the official USGS spelling, and is the more common scientific spelling." While I support keeping the British/IMS spelling for the reasons above, I think this rewording better expresses the actual use of barite/baryte spelling for the mineral.130.39.191.251 (talk) 23:45, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Misidentified Specimen
The alleged specimen of "baryte (barite) with galena and hematite", is in fact Schalenblende - a layered botryoidal mixture of wurtzite (dark) and sphalerite (light) with minor galena and marcasite. It is from the Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz, Poland - a Mississippi Valley Type deposit in Triassic carbonates altered to Fe-rich dolomites. I have a polish geologist friend who's uncle (T. Stanislawski) works in the mine and she gave me a sample. I did a little research into the nature of the unusual material which I originally mistook for an strange form of Banded Iron Formation. --Diamonddavej (talk) 17:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Chembox removed
The chembox is for the chemical compound barium sulfate not the mineral. If more crystallographic info is needed, it can be added as a text section. Vsmith (talk) 23:32, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Barite rose
Why no mention of the common mineral specimen "Barite rose"? This is also confusingly known as Gypsum rosette, Selenite rose, and Desert rose. Clarification is needed! --Prof.Bastedo (talk) 18:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Upgrading of barite
Both floatation separation and gravity separation can work to get high grade baryte. However, the floatation separation will get better baryte powder while gravity separation can help to get lumpy barite concentrate like 2-50mm.

1. Flotation separation This method works based on the chemical and physical property difference between barite surface and associated minerals surface; The main equipment includes crusher, circle vibrating screen, spiral classifier, agitator, flotation separator, ball mill, and other assistant devices.

2. Gravity Separation: This method works based on the density difference between barite and associated minerals density; The main equipment of crusher, circle vibrating screen, shaking table, jig can be involved in the gravity separation of the baryte concentration.

Density of barite is big, 4.4-4.6g/cm3, while that of its intergrowth impurity is small, like 2.2-2.7g/cm3, and this big density difference makes gravity separation an ideal way to get high-grade barite. In the acctual production of barite upgrading, the main separation machine is jig machine. The barite ore structure and its nature has too much with gravity separation efficiency and the recovery rate. Here the choosing of barite jig machine is the key to guarantee the beneficiation profit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.127.111.211 (talk) 02:13, 26 November 2013 (UTC)

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Barytes
I've introduced this name into the lede since it is one which in Britain at least will be the most well-used amongst many - going through the UK university system in the 1980s this was the only name used. I'd reference the Penguin Dictionary of Geology which offers it as the leading term with barite as a secondary term. Both are used by the British Geological Survey with barytes being used when the mineral is used as a commercial product in for example the BGS memoir to 1:50K geol map 111 of the Buxton area. Whether that's a widespread distinction would be interesting to know. cheers Geopersona (talk) 09:20, 24 March 2020 (UTC)