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CELESTITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("celestite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "celestite"):
atomic number 38; Sr; strontium (a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite)