celestine
English
Etymology
From its sky-blue colour; see celestial.
Noun
celestine (countable and uncountable, plural celestines)
- (mineralogy) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, SrSO4, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.
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Further reading
- “Celestine” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “celestine”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
Italian
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