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strontianite

(-īt′)

noun

a light-colored, semihard mineral, strontium carbonate, SrCO, that is an ore of strontium

Origin: strontian + -ite

See strontianite in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A gray to yellowish-green ore of strontium, SrCO₃.

Origin:

Origin: strontian, strontianite (short for Strontian earth, after Strontian, a village of west-central Scotland)

Origin: + -ite¹

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