Associations to the word «Celestite»

Wiktionary

CELESTITE, noun. (mineral) A colourless, orange or blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO4, that is an ore of strontium and constitutes the skeletons of Acantharea.

Dictionary definition

CELESTITE, noun. A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats