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Definition of Strontianite

Strontianite
Strontianite Stron"ti*an*ite, n. (Min.) Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.

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- Strontianite (SrCO3) is an important raw material for the extraction of strontium. It is a rare carbonate mineral and one of only a few strontium minerals...
- mainly in the minerals celestine and strontianite, and is mostly mined from these. Both strontium and strontianite are named after Strontian, a village...
- occasional delicate blue color. Celestine and the carbonate mineral strontianite are the prin****l sources of the element strontium, commonly used in...
- appearance of a white or grey powder. It occurs in nature as the mineral strontianite. Strontium carbonate is a white, odorless, tasteless powder. Being a...
- CoCO3 Aragonite group: orthorhombic Aragonite CaCO3 Cerussite PbCO3 Strontianite SrCO3 Witherite BaCO3 Rutherfordine UO2CO3 Natrite Na2CO3 Dolomite group:...
- 1790 Adair Crawford and William Cruickshank determined that the mineral strontianite, found near Strontian in Scotland, was different from barium-based minerals...
- Triphane (var.) Spurrite Staurolite Stibiotantalite Stichtite Stolzite Strontianite Strontium titanate Sulfur Sugilite Bustamite (var.) Richterite (var.)...
- Strontian lead was mined in the 18th century and in these mines the mineral strontianite was discovered, from which the element strontium was first isolated....
- Stilpnomelane Stishovite Stolzite Strashimirite Strengite Stromeyerite Strontianite Struvite Studenitsite Studtite Sturmanite Stützite Suanite Suessite Sugilite...
- occurs in the Mont Saint-Hilaire district. ****ociated minerals include strontianite, dawsonite and calcite. It has also been reported from the Pilansberg...