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Ore mineral

Barite

Recognisable in the field purely by weight — a hand sample feels wrong for its size.

Barite (GeoDIL number - 575) · Darla Sondrol · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

What it is

Recognisable in the field purely by weight — a hand sample feels wrong for its size.

Materials that come from it

Material	Role	Grade note
Barite	The mineral itself	—

Barite

A very heavy, soft mineral used mostly to weigh down drilling mud so an oil well does not blow out.

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