barytes Chem.
(bəˈraɪtiːz)
[mod. f. Gr. βαρύς heavy (in reference to its great weight), partly assimilated to names of minerals in -ites, Gr. -ῑτης (whence some early chemists preferred barites: see prec.). Cf. mod.F. baryte, and trachyte.]
† 1. = baryta. (Occas. attrib.) Obs.
| 1791 Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. i. i. v. 86 Solutions of lime..[and] barytes, are not decomposed. 1802 Chevenix in Phil. Trans. XCII. 341 No precipitate took place from a mixture of barytes-water and strontia-water. 1854 F. C. Bakewell Geol. 32 A lining of sulphate of barytes. |
2. Native sulphate of barium, heavy spar, barite.
| 1789 A. Crawford in Med. Comm. II. 301 The medicinal properties of the Muriated Barytes. 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 90 Barytes is used as a white paint, under the name of permanent white. 1878 Lawrence Cotta's Rocks Class. 41 Barytes seldom occurs as an independent rock. |