Strontian Sentence Examples

The metal was detected in the mineral strontianite, found at Strontian in Argyllshire, by Cruikshank in 1787, and by Crawford in 17 9 0; and the discovery was confirmed by Hope in 1792 and by Klaproth in 1793.

The mineral occurs in metalliferous veins in the lead mines of Strontian in Argyllshire, Pateley Bridge in Yorkshire, Braunsdorf near Freiberg in Saxony; abundantly in veins in calcareous marl near Minster and Hamm in Westphalia; and in limestone at Schoharie in New York.

Strontian, Argyll, is another important Scottish mineral locality & the discovery site of the element strontium.

All the earliest work was carried out on a mineral (strontium carbonate) from Strontian, a village in Argyllshire.