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names have been used for baryte,
including barytine, barytite, barytes,
heavy spar, tiff, and
blanc fixe.
Baryte occurs in many
depositional environments...
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called "
heavy spar" (Gr**** "barys"
means "
heavy").
Calcite often forms the
dogtooth spar crystals found in vugs and caves. Generally, a
spar will form...
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truss spar comprises three parts, a short-height, large-diameter
cylindrical hull, atop a
truss structure, atop
tanks for
heavy ballast. A cell
spar consists...
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Iceland spar,
formerly called Iceland crystal (Icelandic:
silfurberg [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. 'silver-rock') and also
called optical calcite, is a transparent...
- In a fixed-wing aircraft, the
spar is
often the main
structural member of the wing,
running spanwise at
right angles (or
thereabouts depending on wing...
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Brent Spar,
known as
Brent "E", was a
North Sea oil
storage and
tanker loading buoy in the
Brent oilfield,
operated by S**** UK. With the
completion of...
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sometimes called sparring. The
physical nature of
sparring naturally varies with the
nature of the
skills it is
intended to develop;
sparring in a striking...
- ball clay, 10% flint, 4%
barium carbonate.
Barium sulphate ("****" or "
heavy-
spar") was a
fluxing agent and
obtainable as a by-product of lead
mining in...
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Goliat FPSO
later in 2013, and the
Aasta Hansteen spar platform in 2015, both
being built by
Hyundai Heavy Industries. At 193 m (633 ft) long, the
Aasta Hansteen...
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stiffening the main structure.
Cantilever wings require much
stronger and
heavier spars than
would otherwise be
needed in a wire-braced design. However, as...
