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 crystals are large tubular, crystal together sometimes can form rose shaped or branched crystal block, which is called pappus shaped barite. Pure barite is colorless and transparent, usually white, light yellow, with a glass sheen. And barite can be used as a white pigment (commonly known as lithopone) can also be used in chemical industry, papermaking, textile, packing, in the production of glass which can act as a fluxing agent and increase the brightness of the glass. But it is mainly used as a weighting agent in the drilling industry and the extraction of barium.
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.
