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The mineral calcite is used in medicines (such as antacids), as a soil conditioner, as roadbed material and building stone (in the form of limestone and marble), in a variety of cosmetics and in toothpaste, and in the production of steel and cement.
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∙ 16y agoBarite is barium sulphate. It is either colorless, white, light yellow, light blue, light green, light red. Can be used medicinally as an indicator, as a filler in paper and playing cards, as a paint pigment or as a lubricant when added to drilling mud.
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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.
Mineral is matches made of?
Sulfur, as a native mineral, or from the mineral pyrite, is used in the manufacture of matches.
How is mineral hardness tested?
Mineral hardness is tested on a glass plate or usually a finger nail.
A california mineral used in making electrical equipment?
A California mineral that is used in making electrical equipment is silicon. Silicon is used as a conductor of electrical impulses and also as a receptor in the makeup of a computer. Silicon chips can hold a multitude of information.
A minerals hardness with respect to other minerals can be determined by?
scratching the mineral acrros a glass plate
The minerals barite BaSO4 is?
Which is an element, water, air, hydrogen, or Corbin dioxide
What is the mineral barite?
A Sulfate
What is barite BaSO4 an element or compound?
Barite is a mineral consisting of the compound BaSO4 (Barium Sulfate).
A very heavy sulfate mineral?
Barite
Which mineral is known as heavy spar?
Barite.
Which mineral group does barite belong to?
Bauxite is not a mineral, and therefore does not belong in any mineral group. Bauxite is a form of consolidated, extremely weathered soil that is high in aluminum content, and the main ore of aluminum.
What type of rock is barite?
A Sulfate
The mineral barite is?
Which is an element, water, air, hydrogen, or Corbin dioxide
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.
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).
Is selenite rose a mineral?
YES - It is a mixture of the minerals gypsumand barite with poikilotopicsand inclusions.
What is a A heavy sulfate mineral?
Baryte is an extremely heavy sulfate mineral and is a nonsilicate. It is generally colorless and is the main source of barium.
