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Webster 1913 Edition

Strontianite

Stron′ti-an-ite

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Noun.
(Min.)
Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.

Webster 1828 Edition

Strontianite

STRONTIANITE

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Noun.
Carbonate of strontian, a mineral that occurs massive, fibrous, stellated, and crystalized in the form of a hexahedral prism, modified on the edges, or terminated by a pyramid.
Prismatic baryte, a species of heavy spar.

Definition 2024

Strontianite

Strontianite

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German

Noun

Strontianite m

  1. plural of Strontianit

strontianite

strontianite

See also: Strontianite

English

Strontianite

Noun

strontianite ‎(usually uncountable, plural strontianites)

  1. (mineralogy) A grey or yellowish mineral, SrCO3, strontium carbonate, that is an ore of strontium

Etymology

Strontian ‎(“a place in Scotland where it was discovered”) +‎ -ite

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