celestite

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A colourless, orange or blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO4, that is an ore of strontium and constitutes the skeletons of Acantharea
A colourless, orange or blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO{4}, that is an ore of strontium and constitutes the skeletons of Acantharea
a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color
It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms
celestite

    Hyphenation

    cel·es·tite

    Synonyms

    celestine

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    Etymology

    () From Latin caelestis (“celestial, heavenly”), "celestial" because of the usual blue shade. 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
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