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Witherite is a
barium carbonate mineral, BaCO3, in the
aragonite group.
Witherite crystallizes in the
orthorhombic system and
virtually always is twinned...
- most
common minerals of
barium are
barite (barium sulfate, BaSO4) and
witherite (barium carbonate, BaCO3). The name
barium originates from the alchemical...
- salt that is
poorly soluble in water. It
occurs as the
mineral known as
witherite. In a
commercial sense, it is one of the most
important barium compounds...
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Vlasovite Wardite Wavellite Weloganite Whewellite Wilkeite Willemite Witherite Wollastonite Wulfenite Wurtzite Xonotlite Yugawaralite Zektzerite Zeolites...
- group:
orthorhombic Aragonite CaCO3
Cerussite PbCO3
Strontianite SrCO3
Witherite BaCO3
Rutherfordine UO2CO3
Natrite Na2CO3
Dolomite group:
trigonal Ankerite...
- the form of
doubly terminated pseudo-hexagonal pyramids, like
those of
witherite but more acute. The
faces are
horizontally striated perpendicular to the...
- occur,
particularly where witherite is also present, are
secondary in nature,
forming from
witherite. The
change from
witherite to baryte, however, can...
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member of the
aragonite group.
Aragonite group members:
aragonite (CaCO3),
witherite (BaCO3),
strontianite (SrCO3),
cerussite (PbCO3) The
ideal formula of...
- yet of treatment. The
barium source was
either witherite (BaCO3) or
baryte (BaSO4). The
rarity of
witherite may
favor baryte as the most
likely source. Baryte...
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Whewellite Whiteite (group of minerals)
Whitlockite Willemite Wiluite Witherite Wodginite Wolframite Wollastonite Woodhouseite Wöhlerite
Wulfenite Wurtzite...
