witherite
carbonate mineral
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Summary
witherite is a mineral species[1]. witherite draws 532 Wikipedia views per month (mineral species category, ranking #148 of 1,431).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: William Withering[3]
- Chemical formula: BaCO₃[4]
- Subclass of: aragonite mineral group[5]
- Commons category: Witherite[6]
- Streak color: white[7]
- Crystal system: orthorhombic crystal system[8]
- IMA status and/or rank: grandfathered mineral (G)[9]
- Point group: orthorhombic-bipyramidal[10]
- Space group: space group Pmcn[11]
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): Vb/A.04[12]
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 5.AB.15[13]
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 5.AB.15[14]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Experiments and Observations on the Terra Ponderosa, &c. By William Withering, M. D.; Communicated by Richard Kirwan, Esq. F. R. S[16], Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21]
- Density: 4244.73 kilogram per cubic metre[22]
- Type locality (geology): Brownley Hill mine[23]
- Poisson's ratio: 0.315[24]
- Bulk modulus: 51872000000.0 pascal[25]
- Shear modulus: 21914000000.0 pascal[26]
- IMA Mineral Symbol: Wth[27]
- P14541: 3OKF68[28]
Why It Matters
witherite has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] witherite is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]