Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A white, red-brown, orange, or light blue principal strontium ore, essentially strontium sulfate, SrSO4, found in sedimentary rock. Also called celestine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In mineralogy, native strontium sulphate. It is found in orthorhombic crystals resembling those of barite in form, also massive and fibrous. The color is white, or a delicate blue (whence the name). It occurs finely crystallized in Sicily, with native sulphur, at many other localities in Europe, and in America on Strontian island in Lake Erie, at Lockport in New York, etc. Also celestin, celestine, cœlestin, cœlestine.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A colourless, orange or blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO4, that is an ore of strontium and constitutes the skeletons of Acantharea.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
Etymologies
- From Latin caelestis ("celestial, heavenly"), "celestial" because of the usual blue shade. (Wiktionary)
- celestine + -ite1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Uniquely, the spiny skeletons and cyst shells of acantharians are composed of crystalline strontium sulphate, known as celestite, precipitated from seawater in the upper ocean.”
“Possible substitutes for barite, especially in the oil drilling industry, include other similar minerals, such as celestite (strontium sulfate, SrSO4) and iron ore.”
“The most common of these two minerals is celestite.”
“Strontium is recovered from two strontium minerals, strontianite (strontium carbonate) and celestite (strontium sulfate).”
“~ Strontium occurs sparingly in nature, usually as strontianite (SrCO_ {3}) and as celestite (SrSO_ {4}).”
“Both minerals form beautiful colorless crystals, though celestite is sometimes colored a faint blue.”
“ANGLESITE, a mineral consisting of lead sulphate, PbSO_ {4}, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system, and isomorphous with barytes and celestite.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
“There are distinct cleavages parallel to the faces of the prism (110) and the basal plane (001), but these are not so well developed as in the isomorphous minerals barytes and celestite.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
“Blue lace agate, sapphire, celestite, turquoise and aquamarine are used for this chakra.”
“In the conference call an healthy and pleasant man masterpiece celestite hazily hayfield an art confidence in his headband as piratically of his insignificance.”
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