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Witherite  n.  (Min.) Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.





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... a heavy white sulphate of barium, frequently called "barytes" or "heavy spar." Witherite, the barium carbonate, is a much rarer mineral but is found with barite in ...
— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith


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