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In allusion to its composition (containing barium), its structure (having orthorhombic symmetry) and its membership of the joaquinite group.
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Today it means: A yellow-brown orthorhombic mineral containing barium, iron, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon and titanium. Full definition →
In allusion to its composition (containing barium), its structure (having orthorhombic symmetry) and its membership of the joaquinite group.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.