strontianite Min.
(ˈstrɒnʃ(ɪ)ənaɪt)
[f. strontian n. + -ite.]
Native strontium carbonate.
| 1794 Kirwan in Trans. R. Irish Acad. V. 244 The first account I received of this substance, which I shall call Stronthianite, was from Dr. Crawford in the year 1790. 1794 Schmeisser in Phil. Trans. LXXXIV. 418 Account of a mineral Substance, called Strontionite. 1812 Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 343 Strontianite, a mineral found at Strontian in Scotland. 1912 Return Brit. Museum 195. |