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Barium is a reactive metal, existing in nature mainly as the mineral barite (barium sulfate), with lesser amounts of witherite (barium carbonate). Although the concentration of barium in the Earth’s crust generally ranges from 300 to 500 mg/kg, certain geologic formations, such as fossil fuel deposits, yield concentrations in excess of 100,000 mg/kg. Barium and calcium are metabolized together in most animal species, and are predominantly deposited in the skeleton.
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Moore, J.W. (1991). Barium. In: Inorganic Contaminants of Surface Water. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3004-5_5
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