Alstonite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bromlife \Brom"life\, n. [From Bromley Hill, near Alston,
     Cumberland, England.] (Min.)
     A carbonate of baryta and lime, intermediate between
     witherite and strontianite; -- called also {alstonite}.
     [1913 Webster]