celestite

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Both minerals form beautiful colorless crystals, though celestite is sometimes colored a faint blue.

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  1. noun A white, red-brown, orange, or light blue principal strontium ore, essentially strontium sulfate, SrSO4, found in sedimentary rock. Also called celestine.

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/ˈsɛlɛstaɪt/
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