strontian
Americannoun
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another name for strontianite
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another name for strontium strontium monoxide
Etymology
Origin of strontian
1780–90; short for Strontian earth mineral first found in Strontian parish, Argyllshire, Scotland
Example Sentences
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Among them were specimens of copper pyrites in quartz, sulphate of strontian, foliated gypsum, and numerous calcareous petrifactions.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
I find that strontian is much more extensively interspersed through the rock formations of this region than I had heretofore conceived.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
Then the hopelessness of his position burst upon him like a red strontian fire.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2, January, 1896 by Various
The same holds with yellows and blues, as orange cadmium is a red yellow, and strontian yellow is a greenish yellow.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
The pigment, however, now sold as strontian yellow is usually formed by admixture, and contains no strontia whatever.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
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