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a sky-blue crystal so heavenly it literally provides the strontium that paints fireworks crimson
means Celestite is a pale blue mineral made of strontium sulfate, prized by collectors for its delicate sky-tinted crystals and mined as an ore of strontium.
from The name comes from the Latin 'caelestis,' meaning 'heavenly' or 'of the sky' — itself rooted in 'caelum,' the sky or heavens, the same family that gives us 'celestial.' Mineralogists of the early 19th century reached for that word because the stone's soft, washed-out blue looked like a scrap of daylight sky pressed into rock.
- name origin
- From Latin caelestis, meaning heavenly or of the sky
- firework fuel
- Top source of strontium for blazing red flares
- giant geode
- Ohio cave holds crystals up to three feet
- sky deceiver
- Despite blue looks, its strontium burns deep red
- fragile beauty
- So soft it scratches with a fingernail's edge
put-in-bay celestite mines — ohio island that was world's largest celestite producer in early 1900s, yielding strontium for fireworks
madagascar celestite deposits — major modern source in ambilobe region, supplies strontium for red flares and medical tracers
mexico celestite geodes — pulpí geode in spain and naica crystals in chihuahua showcase exceptional celestite formations