Usage examples (6)

• Barite (spelled baryte in British publications) was named from the Greek word baros which means weighty, a reference to its unusually high specific gravity.
• Barium sulfate, or baryte, has many diverse applications.
• In the rubber industry, baryte is used as a filler to reduce costs while also improving the quality of the rubber.
• No one could identify the substances in the Stone of Bologna until one hundred years later, when Swedish chemist Carl Willhelm Scheele discovered the compound baryte.