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strontianite

NOUN
  1. a mineral consisting of strontium carbonate

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  • Strontium is recovered from two strontium minerals, strontianite (strontium carbonate) and celestite (strontium sulfate). Strontium
  • Other carbonates, i.e., ankerite, siderite, witherite, strontianite, may form if the respective metal cations are available.
  • ~ Strontium occurs sparingly in nature, usually as strontianite (SrCO_ {3}) and as celestite (SrSO_ {4}). An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • Hitherto native strontianite, that is, the 90 to 95 per cent. pure carbonate of strontium (not the celestine which frequently is mistaken by the term strontianite), has not been worked systematically in mines, but what used to be brought to the market was an inferior stone collected in various parts of Germany, chiefly in Westphalia, where it is found on the surface of the fields. Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882
  • Vug-filling minerals are barite, calcite, celestine, dolomite, sphalerite, and strontianite.
  • Strontia, the oxide of strontium (SrO), occurs in nature as sulphate, in the mineral celestine (SrSO_ {4}), and as carbonate in strontianite A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
  • These molds are now lined with crystals of celestine, fluorite, pyrite, strontianite, dolomite, calcite, sphalerite, and barite.
  • Other carbonates, i.e., ankerite, siderite, witherite, strontianite, may form if the respective metal cations are available.
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