Strontian Definition

stränzhən, stränzhēən
noun
Strontium, esp. in the form of a compound.
Webster's New World
adjective

(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing strontium.

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pronoun

A small village in Scotland that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which was discovered there.

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Origin of Strontian

  • Place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t- Sithein, "nose of fairy hill," said to be inhabited by the mythological sídhe.

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Strontian Sentence Examples

  • The metal was detected in the mineral strontianite, found at Strontian in Argyllshire, by Cruikshank in 1787, and by Crawford in 17 9 0; and the discovery was confirmed by Hope in 1792 and by Klaproth in 1793.

  • The mineral occurs in metalliferous veins in the lead mines of Strontian in Argyllshire, Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire, Braunsdorf near Freiberg in Saxony; abundantly in veins in calcareous marl near Minster and Hamm in Westphalia; and in limestone at Schoharie in New York.

  • Strontian, Argyll, is another important Scottish mineral locality & the discovery site of the element strontium.

  • All the earliest work was carried out on a mineral (strontium carbonate) from Strontian, a village in Argyllshire.

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