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Webster 1913 Edition


Witherite

With′er-ite

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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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Witherite

WITHERITE

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

Definition 2024


withérite

withérite

See also: witherite and Witherite

French

Noun

withérite f (plural withérites)

  1. (mineralogy) witherite