Min. [Altered by Dana from CELESTINE: see -ITE.] A mineral; native-sulphate of strontia, Sr O. SO3, so called from the sky-blue color it sometimes presents.
Baryto-celestite, Calcio-celestite, are varieties containing baryta and lime, respectively.
1854. Dana, Min. (1880), 620. Wittstein finds that the blue colour of the celestite of Jena is due to a trace of phosphate of iron…. Celestite is usually associated with limestone.
