celestite
English
Etymology
From Latin caelestis (“celestial, heavenly”), because of the usual blue shade, + -ite. [1]
Further reading
- “Celestite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “celestite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
- 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
Italian
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