The difference between barite and gypsum
Gypsum is a monoclinic mineral, a hydrate whose main chemical component is calcium sulfate (CaSO4). Gypsum is a wide range of industrial materials and building materials. It can be used as cement retarder, gypsum building product, model making, medical food additive, sulphuric acid production, paper packing, paint filling, etc..The microporous structure and heat dehydration of gypsum and its products provide excellent sound insulation, heat insulation and fire resistance.
Barite is the most common mineral of barium, which is made up of barium sulfate. In the low temperature hydrothermal veins, such as quartz barite vein, fluorite and barite vein, often associated with galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, cinnabar etc.. Barite deposits in China's Hunan, Guangxi, Qinghai and Jiangxi are mostly large hydrothermal mineral veins. Barite can be produced in sedimentary rocks, sedimentary rocks are like tuberculosis, mud and sand in sedimentary manganese deposits in shallow water and. In the residual clay deposits of weathered residual deposits, they often become compact and massive.Chemical composition: BaO:65.7%, SO3:34.3%. There are Sr, Pb and Ca isomorphism in composition.
