† ˈbaroˈselenite Min. Obs.
[f. bar-ytes + selenite; see quot.]
Native sulphate of barium; now called barite or barytes.
| 1786 Phil. Trans. LXXVI. 130 The solution of acetous baro-selinite (that is, ponderous earth dissolved in distilled vinegar). 1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 138 Mr. Kirwan calls this kind of barytes, baroselenite; because it resembles selenite, or gypsum crystallised in plates. |