Rublev Colours Pigment Barite - 100 g

Barite's fine grind (4-micron median particle size), high specific gravity (4.4), and inertness make it ideal for grounds, making white paint in watercolour, casein, and egg tempera, and as an extender pigment in oils and alkyds.

Warning: although barite contains a "heavy" metal (barium), most governments do not consider it a toxic chemical because of its extreme insolubility. Care, however, should be used in handling the dry powder pigment to avoid breathing the dust.