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Webster 1913 Edition


Witherite

With′er-ite

,
Noun.
[So called after Dr. W.
Withering
.]
(Min.)
Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.

Webster 1828 Edition


Witherite

WITHERITE

,
Noun.
In mineralogy, a carbonate of baryte, first discovered by Dr. Withering; rhomboidal baryte. It is white, gray, or yellow.

Definition 2024


Witherite

Witherite

See also: witherite and withérite

German

Noun

Witherite m

  1. plural of Witherit

witherite

witherite

See also: Witherite and withérite

English

Witherite

Noun

witherite (countable and uncountable, plural witherites)

  1. (mineralogy) A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO3

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References

  • witherite Barthelmy, David (accessed 29 August 2016) Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • witherite mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997