STRONTIANITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of strontium carbonate

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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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