baryta
ba·ryta
noun
1.
any of several compounds of barium
Origin
From New Latin baryta, from 18c. Latinization of French barote, 1782 coinage from Ancient Greek βαρύτης (barútēs, “heaviness”), from βαρύς (barús) + -της (-tēs).
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