A variant or shortened form relating to barite or baryta; sometimes used in mineralogy or chemistry.
From 'barite' or 'baryta', shortened or variant form used in technical contexts, likely influenced by 'barium' terminology.
Scientific terminology often creates multiple names for the same thing—'barit' shows how chemists sometimes trimmed down longer terms for convenience in lab notes.
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