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Celestite
{
, Cel′es-tine
,Cel′es-tite
, }Noun.
[LL.
caelestinus
bine.] (Min.)
Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.
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celestite
celestite
English
Celestite
Noun
celestite (countable and uncountable, plural celestites)
- (mineralogy) A colourless, orange or blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO4, that is an ore of strontium and constitutes the skeletons of Acantharea.
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- ↑ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951