Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bromlite .
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- noun mineralogy An
aragonite mineral consisting of anisomorphous mixture ofcalcium andbarium carbonates .
Etymologies
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T.e species was named bromlite by T. T.omson in 1837, and alstonite by A. Breithaupt in 1841, both of which names, derived from the locality, have been in common use.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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