Celestine : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Celestine [ SrSO₄ ]

Images of Celestine

Celestine crystals (field of view 3.5 × 2.6 cm). Found from Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo District, Boeny region, Madagascar

Photo (c) 2021 Ivar Leidus (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0

Shortwave UV photoluminescence image of a specimen of celestite, from Stoneco Inc. Quarry, Lime City, Ohio

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Photograph of a specimen of celestite, from Stoneco Inc. Quarry, Lime City, Ohio

Photo (C) 2003 James O. Hamblen (http://hamblen.ece.gatech.edu/uvminerals/). Reproduced with permission.

Material properties

Formulas	SrSO₄, (Sr,Ba)SO₄
Abbreviation	Clt
Variant	Ba rich
Classifications	Minerals containing SO4, Baryte (group)
Luminescence emitters	Bi, Ce, Eu, Eu?, Gd, O, Sm, SO4, Triplet-singlet, Unspecified
IMA Status	Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Related materials	Celesite
Crystal symmetry	Orthorhombic, Point group mmm, Space group Pnma (#62)
Tags	Mineral, Sulphate, Sulphate

Composition

Element	Atoms
S	1
Sr	1
O	4
Total:	6

References for Celestine

Gaft et al. 1985

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Gaft et al. 1984

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Tarashchan 1978

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Specimens of Celestine

Name	Owner	Materials	Image	Spectra	Techniques