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STRONTIANITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does strontianite mean?
• STRONTIANITE (noun)
The noun STRONTIANITE has 1 sense:
1. a mineral consisting of strontium carbonate
Familiarity information: STRONTIANITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral consisting of strontium carbonate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("strontianite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "strontianite"):
atomic number 38; Sr; strontium (a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite)
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