Witherite

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A white, yellow, or gray mineral, chiefly BaCO3.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A yellow-grey mineral form of barium carbonate, BaCO3
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Barium carbonate occurring in white or gray six-sided twin crystals, and also in columnar or granular masses.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Native barium carbonate.
  • Word Usage
    "Barium is somewhat more abundant than strontium, occurring in nature largely as barytes, or heavy spar (BaSO_ {4}), and witherite (BaCO_ {3})."