celestine

See also: Celestine and célestine

English

Celestine

Etymology

From its sky-blue colour; see celestial.

Noun

celestine (countable and uncountable, plural celestines)

  1. (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.

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Italian

Adjective

celestine

  1. feminine plural of celestino
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