Baryte Group
A material that is NOT an approved mineral species
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About Baryte Group
Formula:
A(XO4)
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Orthorhombic sulfates and chromates. Increasing size of the X ion results in a transition to the scheelite structure type.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
29275
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:29275:9
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
7b13a5f8-20e9-4e2f-929f-41025ac0d115
Chemistry of Baryte Group
Mindat Formula:
A(XO4)
Crystallography of Baryte Group
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):
mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Crystal Structure
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Data courtesy of the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database. Click on an AMCSD ID to view structure
| ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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| 0000665 | Anglesite | Miyake M, Minato I, Morikawa H, Iwai S I (1978) Crystal structure and sulphate force constants of barite, celesite, and anglesite American Mineralogist 63 506-510 |  | 1978 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0018845 | Anglesite | Antao S M (2012) Structural trends for celestite (SrSO4), anglesite (PbSO4), and barite (BaSO4): confirmation of expected variations within SO4 groups American Mineralogist 97 661-665 | 2012 | synthetic | 0 | 293 | |
| 0005558 | Anglesite | Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J, Downs R T (1998) Rigid-body character of the SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite and barite The Canadian Mineralogist 36 1053-1060 | | 1998 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0017670 | Anglesite | James R (1925) The Crystal Structures of Barytes, Celestine and Anglesite _cod_database_code 1010950 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 109 598-620 | 1925 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0000164 | Baryte | Colville A A, Staudhammer K (1967) A refinement of the structure of barite from Cow Green mine American Mineralogist 52 1877-1880 | | 1967 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0000663 | Baryte | Miyake M, Minato I, Morikawa H, Iwai S I (1978) Crystal structure and sulphate force constants of barite, celesite, and anglesite American Mineralogist 63 506-510 | | 1978 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0005145 | Baryte | Hill R J (1977) A further refinement of the barite structure The Canadian Mineralogist 15 522-526 | | 1977 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0005560 | Baryte | Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J, Downs R T (1998) Rigid-body character of the SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite and barite The Canadian Mineralogist 36 1053-1060 | | 1998 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0017447 | Baryte | James R (1925) The Crystal Structures of Barytes, Celestine and Anglesite _cod_database_code 1010542 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A109 598-620 | 1925 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0000664 | Celestine | Miyake M, Minato I, Morikawa H, Iwai S I (1978) Crystal structure and sulphate force constants of barite, celestite, and anglesite American Mineralogist 63 506-510 | | 1978 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0018844 | Celestine | Antao S M (2012) Structural trends for celestite (SrSO4), anglesite (PbSO4), and barite (BaSO4): confirmation of expected variations within SO4 groups American Mineralogist 97 661-665 | 2012 | Saxony, Ngar Majunga, Madagascar | 0 | 293 | |
| 0005112 | Celestine | Hawthorne F C, Ferguson R B (1975) Anhydrous sulphates. I: Refinement of the crystal structure of celestite with an appendix on the structure of thenardite The Canadian Mineralogist 13 181-187 | | 1975 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0005557 | Celestine | Jacobsen S D, Smyth J R, Swope R J, Downs R T (1998) Rigid-body character of the SO4 groups in celestine, anglesite and barite The Canadian Mineralogist 36 1053-1060 | | 1998 | 0 | 293 | |
| 0010619 | Celestine | Garske D, Peacor D R (1965) Refinement of the structure of celestite SrSO4 Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 121 204-210 | | 1965 | France Stone Company's quarry near Waterville, Ohio, USA | 0 | 293 |
| 0014527 | Celestine | Brigatti M F, Galli E, ,Medici L (1997) Ba-rich celestine: new data and crystal structure refinement Mineralogical Magazine 61 447-451 | | 1997 | filling cavities of volcanoclastic rocks, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Italy | 0 | 293 |
| 0017448 | Celestine | James R (1925) The Crystal Structures of Barytes, Celestine and Anglesite _cod_database_code 1010543 Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A109 598-620 | 1925 | 0 | 293 | ||
| 0001046 | Hashemite | Duesler E N, Foord E E (1986) Crystal structure of hashemite, BaCrO4, a barite structure type American Mineralogist 71 1217-1220 | | 1986 | from a stone quarry 60 km southeast of Amman, west-central Jordan | 0 | 293 |
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Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Baryte Group in petrology
An essential component of rock names highlighted in red, an accessory component in rock names highlighted in green.
Internet Links for Baryte Group
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References for Baryte Group
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Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco