Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strontia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strontia \Stron"ti*a\, n. [NL. strontia, fr. Strontian, in
Argyleshire, Scotland, where strontianite was first found.]
(Chem.)
An earth of a white color resembling lime in appearance, and
baryta in many of its properties. It is an oxide of the metal
strontium.
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