Min. [Named by T. S. Traill 1819, from Stromness, Orkney Isl., its locality: see -ITE.] A variety of strontianite, containing mechanically mixed barite.
1819. T. S. Traill, in Edin. Philos. Jrnl., I. 381. This mineral,… for which the name Barystrontianite, or Stromnite, is proposed.
1854. Dana, Syst. Min. (ed. 4), II. 531. Index, Stromnite v. Barystrontianite.
