celestiten.
/ˈsɛləstʌɪt//sɪˈlɛstʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A mineral; native-sulphate of strontia, Sr O. SO3, so called from the sky-blue colour it sometimes presents. Baryto-celestite, Calcio-celestite, are varieties containing baryta and lime respectively.
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1854 J. D. Dana Min. (1880) 620 Wittstein finds that the blue colour of the celestite of Jena is due to a trace of phosphate of iron..Celestite is usually associated with limestone.
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