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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white, red-brown, orange, or light blue principal strontium ore, essentially strontium sulfate, SrSO4, found in sedimentary rock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mineralogy, native strontium sulphate.
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- noun mineralogy A colourless, orange or blue
mineral , strontium sulfate,Sr S O 4, that is anore ofstrontium and constitutes theskeletons ofAcantharea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
Etymologies
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Examples
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Uniquely, the spiny skeletons and cyst shells of acantharians are composed of crystalline strontium sulphate, known as celestite, precipitated from seawater in the upper ocean.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Possible substitutes for barite, especially in the oil drilling industry, include other similar minerals, such as celestite (strontium sulfate, SrSO4) and iron ore.
Barite 2008
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Strontium is recovered from two strontium minerals, strontianite (strontium carbonate) and celestite (strontium sulfate).
Strontium 2008
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The most common of these two minerals is celestite.
Strontium 2008
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There are distinct cleavages parallel to the faces of the prism (110) and the basal plane (001), but these are not so well developed as in the isomorphous minerals barytes and celestite.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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~ Strontium occurs sparingly in nature, usually as strontianite (SrCO_ {3}) and as celestite (SrSO_ {4}).
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Both minerals form beautiful colorless crystals, though celestite is sometimes colored a faint blue.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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ANGLESITE, a mineral consisting of lead sulphate, PbSO_ {4}, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system, and isomorphous with barytes and celestite.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Blue lace agate, sapphire, celestite, turquoise and aquamarine are used for this chakra.
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In the conference call an healthy and pleasant man masterpiece celestite hazily hayfield an art confidence in his headband as piratically of his insignificance.
Rational Review 2009
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