a brief account of the representative and workable industrial minerals namely magnesite, talc and barite in lesser himalaya, is presented here emphasizing their genesis. deposits of magnesite and talc are found associated with neoproterozoic, plateform type, shelf-slope limestone-dolomite host rocks from inner lesser himalayan sequences. field, textural, geochemical signatures and fluid inclusi...

The mineral barite (BaSO4) can precipitate in a variety of oceanic settings: in the water column, on the sea floor and within marine sediments. The geological setting where barite forms ultimately determines the geochemistry of the precipitated mineral and its usefulness for various applications. Specifically, the isotopic and elemental composition of major and trace elements in barite carry in...

Abstract The Niederschlag fluorite-barite vein deposit in the Western Erzgebirge, Germany, has been actively mined since 2013. We present results of a first comprehensive study mineralogy, petrography, fluid inclusions, and trace element geochemistry fluorite related to deposit. Two different stages mineralization are recognized. Stage I is older, fine-grained, associated with quartz, forms com...

Bante (BaSO,), a major component of drilling muds, can change the texture and erosion properties of surface sediments near offshore d r i h g sites. The effects of barite on the ecology of the marine polychaete Mediomastus arnbiseta (Hartman) were examined in laboratory experiments: a migration experiment, 2 feeding experiments and a growth experiment. In the migration experiment, 18 of 19 worm...

Barite occurs throughout tlie gcologic ~.ecortl as massive beds, laminations, rosettes, and nodules. The niost importan( scientific and econo~iiic occurrences of barite are stratabound and stratifor~n massive betis from the Early Arcliean and tlie Early to Middle Paleozoic. Paleozoic beddecl barites are by far thc most volu~netricellp significant deposits in tlie geologic record. Additional occ...

Drilling mud and associated drill cuttings are the largest volume wastes associated with drilling of oil and gas wells and often are discharged to the ocean from offshore drilling platforms. Barite (BaSO4) often is added as a weighting agent to drilling muds to counteract pressure in the geologic formations being drilled, preventing a blowout. Some commercial drilling mud barites contain elevat...