Baryta
This alkaline earth is the oxide of barium, and is found abundantly muriatic acid, forming salts which are very in the form of native sulphate and carbonate deliquescent, and soluble in alcohol. of baryta. With the acids it forms salts Solutions of magnesian salts are not preciwhich are all more or less white; except the pitated by the alkaline sulphates or sulphuric sulphate, they are soluble in water, or in acid, nor, when very dilute, by oxalate of dilute muriatic acid, and are extremely poi- ammonia. By these tests it may be distinsonous. guished and separated from lime. These