Strontianite Definition

strŏnchē-ə-nīt, -shə-nīt
noun
A light-colored, semihard mineral, strontium carbonate, SrCO3, that is an ore of strontium.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Strontianite

Noun

Singular:
strontianite
Plural:
strontianites

Origin of Strontianite

  • strontian strontianite (short for Strontian earth) (after Strontian , a village of west-central Scotland) –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Strontian in Scotland where it was discovered, and -ite.

    From Wiktionary

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ETEITE

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