celestite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin caelestis (“celestial, heavenly”), because of the usual blue shade, + -ite. [1]
Noun
[edit]celestite (countable and uncountable, plural celestites)
- Alternative form of celestine
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Celestite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “celestite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- ^ 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]celestite f (plural celestiti)
- Alternative form of celestina