celestine

See also: Celestine and célestine

English

Celestine

Etymology

From its sky-blue colour; see celestial.

Noun

celestine (countable and uncountable, plural celestines)

(mineralogy) A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, Sr S O₄, colourless or white with blue and sometimes red shades.

Synonyms

celestite

Translations

mineral

Catalan: celestina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天青石 (zh) (tiānqīngshí)
Finnish: selestiini
French: célestine (fr) f
German: Coelestin m

Hungarian: cölesztin
Italian: celestina f, celestite f
Polish: celestyn (pl) m
Portuguese: celestina (pt) f, celestita f
Spanish: celestina (es) f, celestita f

Further reading

“Celestine” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“celestine”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Anagrams

telecines

Italian

Adjective

celestine

feminine plural of celestino

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