| Name: | Witherite Wth |
| IMA Chemistry: | Ba(CO3) |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Witherite contains elements: Barium (Ba) Carbon (C) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | United Kingdom |
| Year First Published: | 1784 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Mineral is first described: Withering W, Kirwan R (1784) Experiments and observations on the terra ponderosa, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 74, 293-311 Mineral is named: Hoffmann C A S (1789) Mineralsystem des Herrn Inspektor Werners mit dessen Erlaubnis herausgegeben von C A S Hoffmann. 78 Witherit, Bergmannisches Journal 1, 369-398 |
| Structural Group Name: | Aragonite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | aragonite |
| Crystal Systems: | orthorhombic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 2176 Million Years Ago |
| Mohs Hardness: | 3.25 |
| Diaphaneity: | 2.0 |
| Specific Gravity: | 4.3 |
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