production of barium sulphate from barite
Barite (BARIUM) Altervista. tinged with yellow, red, brown or bluish. Barite is used in the production of wallpaper and asbestos goods as well as in the manufacture of white paint. Barite (barium sulphate) is a fairly common heavy mineral that often occurs in PbZn ore deposits as a gangue mineral, in sedimentary deposits, and rarely in basalts.