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Which is an element, water, air, hydrogen, or Corbin dioxide
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What is barite BaSO4 an element or compound?
Barite is a mineral consisting of the compound BaSO4 (Barium Sulfate).
What is the chemical Formula of barite?
BaSO4
How is barite formed?
The chemical formula of barite is BaSO4. See the chapter 4 of the link below for barite geochemistry.
What is the mineral (BaSO4)?
BaSO4 is a type of mineral known as Barite which is made from barium sulfate. It comes in many colors but it is commonly milky white or has no color at all.
What type of rock is barite?
A Sulfate
Can barite scratch other rocks or minerals?
Yes. Barite is able to scratch any other mineral, or rock composed of minerals, with an equivalent or lower Mohs hardness rating (Barite: Mohs 3-3.5).
What is the chemical formula for baryite the mineral?
I believe that baryite and the mineral barite are one in the same. At that conclusion, we can assume that its chemical formula is BaSO4.
What is the cleavage to barium?
Barium is an element which does not occur in pure (native) form on Earth. The two most common minerals in which barium occurs are Barite (BaSO4) and Witherite (BaCO3). According to its entry on wikipedia, Barite has Perfect cleavage parallel to base and prism faces: {001} Perfect, {210} Perfect, {010} Imperfect. I am unsure what sort of cleavage Witherite has.
What kind of minerals does vermont have?
asbestos, barite, bentonitic & clay.
What rocks dissolve?
Calcium Carbonate minerals such as gypsum, selenite and barite
What website can you go to to find what mineral group barite belongs to?
Barite, or Baryte, is a barium sulfate. Mindat.org contains a wealth of information on minerals.
What is the common and scientific name of the substance BaSO4?
We call BaSO4 barium sulfate. That's its chemical name. It is present in barite, the mineral from which we generally recover barium. The sulfate of barium is sometimes called blanc fixe, which translates into "permanent white" from the French.
