Witherite

With′er-ite

,

Noun.

[So called after Dr. W.

Withering

.]

(Min.)

Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.

Witherite

WITHERITE

,

Noun.

In mineralogy, a carbonate of baryte, first discovered by Dr. Withering; rhomboidal baryte. It is white, gray, or yellow.

Witherite

See also: witherite and withérite

German

Noun

Witherite m

plural of Witherit

witherite

See also: Witherite and withérite

English

Witherite

Noun

witherite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural witherites)

(mineralogy) A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, Ba C O₃

Translations

mineral

Catalan: witherita
Dutch: witheriet
French: withérite
German: witherit
Hungarian: witherit
Italian: witherite

Norwegian:
Nynorsk: witheritt
Occitan: whiterita
Polish: witeryt m
Portuguese: whiterita
Spanish: witherita f

References

witherite Barthelmy, David (accessed 29 August 2016) Webmineral Mineralogy Database
witherite mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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Witherite

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Witherite

WITHERITE

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Witherite

Witherite

German

Noun

witherite

witherite

English

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