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Mindat Short Description
The Ba analogue of strontianite.
Found in low-temperature hydrothermal vein deposits.
Compare 'UM1974-03-CO:BaCaMg'.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Mineral is first described: Withering W, Kirwan R (1784) Experiments and observations on the terra ponderosa, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 74, 293-311 Mineral is named: Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann. 78 Witherit, Bergmannisches Journal 1, 369-398
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Ba(CO3)
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
BaCO3
