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Barite from New Mexico, USA. (3.4 cm across at its widest)

A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are about 5400 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.

The sulfate minerals all contain one or more sulfate anions (SO4-2).

Barite (a.k.a. baryte) is a barium sulfate mineral (BaSO4). It has a nonmetallic luster, a whitish to clearish color, is moderately soft (H=3 to 3.5), has three cleavage planes not at right angles, and is noticeably heavy for its size.

Stratigraphy: Cedar Mountain Formation, Lower Cretaceous

Locality: Uintah County, northeastern Utah, USA

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Author James St. John

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