Barytes is naturally occurring barium Mineral (Baso4) BaO =65.7%,So3=
34.3%
It is a very common Gangu mineals in metalliferous Hydrothermal veins ,
Epithermal mesothermal origin, in association with folouriteSphalerite,
Galena, Calcite etc and
Barytes veins to form in Limestone rising by leaching of compound from
rocks containing these and being deposited by either magmatic or
meteoric solutions.
It may found as lenses or replacement deposit in sedimentary rocks both
of hypogene
(formation of mineral deposits by ascending fluid) and supergene origin.