Composition: Barium sulfate
Nomenclature: Named after the Greek word barys which means "heavy" because of its high specific gravity.
Industrial Uses: Barium ore.
Additional Notes: Obsolete names for barite include barytes and heavy spar.
Angola : Scott 560 : 5 escudo : 31 Oct 1970
Barite
China (ROC) : Scott 3124 : $19 : 8 May 1997
Barite var. Hokutolite (plumboan barite)
Kyrgyzstan : Scott 44 : 110 tyiyn : 1 Dec 1994
Barite