Min. Also celestine, -in. [named 1798: ? ad. It. celestino sky-blue; cf. CELESTE.] A mineral: the same as CELESTITE. Also, formerly applied to a blue alabaster.
1804. R. Jameson, Syst. Min., I. 606. Celestine has also been found crystallized.
1871. Pinkerton, Petral., I. 502. The alabaster called anydrous is of several colours, white, rose, grey, and even blue, which is called celestine, a name now strictly belonging to a kind of strontian.
1815. W. Phillips, Outl. Min. & Geol. (1818), 25. Strontian combined with sulphuric acid … has obtained the name of cœlestine from its delicate tint of light blue colour.
