Barite is the most common barium mineral in nature and is an important additive in many industries, especially in the paint industry as a filler. This mineral has a specific gravity of more than 4 and its powder color is from white to gray.
Barite is widely used in the oil and gas drilling industry due to its neutrality, reasonable price, high specific gravity. The great advantage of barite in the paint industry is that it has no pigment effect and is used for uniform distribution of colored particles. And usually comes in 20 kg bags.