
Barite (BARIUM)
Barite is a mineral composed of barium sulfate, BaSO 4. It is usually colorless or milky white, ... (run of mine) and the products of simple beneficiation methods, such as washing, jigging, heavy media separation, tabling, flotation, and magnetic separation. Most crude barite requires some upgrading to minimum purity or density. Barite that is used as an aggregate in a "heavy" .