Try saying „barite” in a conversation with a photographer. Instantly, you’ll be tossed into a drawer labeled “Knows Things.”
Say „museum-quality barite”, and right away, you’ll unlock extra powers—because someone will scribble “knows spells” on that drawer.
But it’s a different story when you grind your own oil paints. You take barite (barium sulfate), a white powder used as a filler in paint.
It doesn’t interfere with luminous colors since its covering power is weak.
But when a paint made only of oil and pigment starts sliding off the surface, barite steps in to improve its consistency.