Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A carbonate of barium and calcium in orthorhombic crystals, intermediate between witherite and strontianite. Also called
alstonite .
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- noun The mineral
alstonite .
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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Thus the sulphate constitutes the minerals anhydrite, alabaster, gypsum, and selenite; the carbonate occurs dissolved in most natural waters and as the minerals chalk, marble, calcite, aragonite; also in the double carbonates such as dolomite, bromlite, barytocalcite; the fluoride as fluorspar; the fluophosphate constitutes the mineral apatite; while all the more important mineral silicates contain a proportion of this element.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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