"witherite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: witherites [plural]
Etymology: After the English physician and mineralogist William Withering (1741-1799) in 1790. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} witherite (countable and uncountable, plural witherites)
  1. (mineralogy) A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO₃ Wikipedia link: witherite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Translations (mineral): witherita (Catalan), witheriet (Dutch), witheriitti (Finnish), withérite (French), witherit (German), witherit (Hungarian), witherite (Italian), witheritt (Norwegian Nynorsk), whiterita (Occitan), witeryt [masculine] (Polish), whiterita (Portuguese), witherita [feminine] (Spanish)

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