Product Profile of Barytes - Barium Sulphate With Vitreous Luster
Kings International brings Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate. Kings International is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is the manufacturer, exporter and processor of Minerals and Chemicals etc. The Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate is a common mineral. This Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate creates attractive specimens. The Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate is used as an accessory mineral to other minerals. This Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate can be used to make a good backdrop to brightly colored crystals. The tabular or bladed crystals of Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate can make a concentric pattern of progressively bigger crystals outward. This Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate can be applied in oil drilling, paints, paper, filer in plastic, leather, textile and rubber.
Some chemical specifications of this Premium Graded Barytes-Barium Sulphate:
Group: Barite
Class: Sulfates
Uses: ore of barium
Chemistry: BaSO4, Barium Sulfate
Physical characteristics of this Barytes-Barium Sulphate:
Streak is white.
Luster is vitreous.
Hardness is 3 - 3.5
Fracture is conchoidal.
Crystal System is orthorhombic; 2/m 2/m 2/m
Transparency crystals are transparent to translucent.
Cleavage is perfect in one direction, less so in another direction
Specific Gravity is approximately 4.5 [heavy for translucent minerals]
Color is variable but is commonly found colorless or white, also blue, green, yellow and red shades.
Crystal Habits include the bladed crystals. There are many variations of these faces but the flattened blades and tabular crystals are the most common.
