Min. [f. STRONTIAN + -ITE.] Native strontium carbonate.
1794. Kirwan, in Trans. R. Irish Acad., V. 244. The first account I received of this substance, which I shall call Stronthianite, was from Dr. Crawford in the year 1790.
1794. Schmeisser, in Phil. Trans., LXXXIV. 418. Account of a mineral Substance, called Strontionite.
1812. Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., 343. Strontianite, a mineral found at Strontian in Scotland.
1912. Return Brit. Museum, 195.
