celestite

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English

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Celestite
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Etymology

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From Latin caelestis (“celestial, heavenly”), because of the usual blue shade, +‎ -ite. [1]

Noun

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celestite (countable and uncountable, plural celestites)

  1. Alternative form of celestine

Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Celestite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “celestite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ 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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Noun

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celestite f (plural celestiti)

  1. Alternative form of celestina
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