The name barite comes from the Greek word barys which means "heavy". This is due to the exceptionally high weight for a non-metallic mineral. Barite or baryte is a barium sulphate.

• Chemical formula : Ba[SO4]
• mineral group: Barite group
• hardness: 3 - 3.5 moh
• Location: including China, Europe (including England, Germany, Spain), USA, Bolivia and Australia.

Bariet helps you to stand in your strength and helps you take your life into your own hands. He teaches you to be independent and to stand up for yourself. It is a motivating and vitalizing stone and is therefore very good for fatigue and exhaustion. It can make a positive contribution to depression. He makes shy people less shy.

Chakra: balances all chakras, 3rd, 5th