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Celestina

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Also known as celestite

minerale

Key facts

Category
Sulfate minerals
Formula
Sr S O 4 sometimes contains minor calcium and/or barium
Ima symbol
Clt
Strunz classification
7.AD.35
Crystal system
Orthorhombic
Crystal class
Dipyramidal (mmm) , H-M symbol : (2/m 2/m 2/m)
Space group
Pnma
Unit cell
a = 8.359 Å , b = 5.352 Å, c = 6.866 Å; Z = 4
Color
White, pink, pale green, pale brown, black, pale blue, reddish, greyish; colourless or lightly tinted in transmitted light
Crystal habit
Tabular to pyramidal crystals, also fibrous, lamellar, earthy, massive granular
Cleavage
Perfect on {001}, good on {210}, poor on {010}
Fracture
Uneven
Tenacity
Brittle
Mohs scale hardness
3.0–3.5
Luster
Vitreous, pearly on cleavages
Streak
white
Diaphaneity
Transparent to translucent
Specific gravity
3.95–3.97

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
sulfate mineral
Has part
sulfur
Named after
sky
Image
Celestine - Sakoany deposit, Katsepy, Mitsinjo, Boeny, Madagascar.jpg
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Mohs' hardness
3.25
Commons category
Celestine
chemical formula
SrSO₄
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
7.AD.35
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
7.AD.35
type locality (geology)
Bellwood
streak color
white
IMA Mineral Symbol
Clt
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VI/A.08
Sources (2)

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Article · Italiano

La celestina (o celestite) è un minerale costituito essenzialmente da solfato di stronzio (SrSO4), rombico bipiramidale, appartenente al gruppo omonimo. Ha durezza 3-3,5 nella scala Mohs e densità 3,9 g/cm3. È un importante minerale dello stronzio.

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