BARITE (Barium Sulfate) - Amethyst Galleries
Class: Sulfates. Group: Barite. Uses: ore of barium. Specimens. Barite is a common mineral and makes very attractive specimens. It often is an accessory mineral to other minerals and can make a nice backdrop to brightly colored crystals. At times bladed or tabular crystals of Barite form a concentric pattern of increasingly larger crystals outward.