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After the English physician and mineralogist William Withering (1741-1799) in 1790.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
witherite
Today it means: A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO₃ Full definition →
Today it means: A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO₃ Full definition →
After the English physician and mineralogist William Withering (1741-1799) in 1790.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.