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General Celestine Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: SrSO4
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 183.68 gm
   Strontium  47.70 %  Sr   56.41 % SrO
   Sulfur     17.46 %  S    43.59 % SO3
   Oxygen     34.84 %  O
             ______        ______ 
             100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Sr(SO4)
Help on Environment: Environment: Sedimentary rocks.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1791
Help on Locality: Locality: Kelley Island, Lake Erie. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: From the Latin coelestis, meaning "celestial."
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Celestite
  ICSD 28055
  PDF 5-593
 

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Celestine

Comments: Transparent blue orthorhombic crystals of celestine, some doubly terminated to 15 mm in size, on a limestone matrix.
Location: Clay Center, Ohio, USA. Scale: 5 x 9 x 2.5 cm.
© Dan Weinrich

Celestine Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:b:c =1.5618:1:1.2828
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 8.359, b = 5.352, c = 6.866, Z = 4; V = 307.17 Den(Calc)= 3.97
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pbnm
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.972(1), 3.295(0.98), 2.731(0.63),
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Miyake M , Minato I , Morikawa H , Iwai S I , American Mineralogist , 63 (1978) p.506-510, Crystal structure and sulphate force constants of barite, celestite, and, anglesite

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Physical Properties of Celestine

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [001] Perfect, [210] Good
Help on Color: Color: Blue, Brown, Colorless, Green, Gray.
Help on Density: Density: 3.9 - 4, Average = 3.95
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent to subtranslucent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal - Very brittle fracture producing small, conchoidal fragments.
Help on Habit: Habit: Crystalline - Coarse - Occurs as well-formed coarse sized crystals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix.
Help on Habit: Habit: Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 3-3.5 - Calcite-Copper Penny
Help on Luminescence: Luminescence: None.
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Celestine

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.004 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.009 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1575,KPDmeas= 0.1583,KC= 0.1589
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Biaxial (+), a=1.621-1.622, b=1.623-1.624, g=1.63-1.632, bire=0.0090-0.0100, 2V(Calc)=54-58, 2V(Meas)=50-51. Dispersion r < v.
Help on Pleochroism (x): Pleochroism (x): colorless.
Help on Pleochroism (y): Pleochroism (y): colorless.
Help on Pleochroism (z): Pleochroism (z): colorless.
 

Calculated Properties of Celestine

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=3.70 gm/cc
note: rCelestine =3.95 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.03486
Boson Index = 0.96514
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PECelestine = 54.93 barns/electron
U=PECelestine x relectron= 203.17 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Celestine is Not Radioactive

 

Celestine Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 28.3.1.2 (28)Anhydrous Acid and Sulfates
  (28.3)(A++) XO4
  (28.3.1)Barite Group
 
28.3.1.1 Barite BaSO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
28.3.1.2 Celestine SrSO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
28.3.1.3 Anglesite PbSO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: VI/A.09-10 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates
  VI/A - Waterfree sulfates [SO4]2- without unfamiliar anions. cations of very big size
  VI/A.09 - Barite group
 
VI/A.09-10 Celestine SrSO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
VI/A.09-20 Barite BaSO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
VI/A.09-30 Hashemite Ba(Cr,S)O4 P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
VI/A.09-40 Kerstenite* PbSeO4(?) P nma 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
VI/A.09-50 Anglesite PbSO4 Pbnm 2/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Celestine Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Heinrich65)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Celestine :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English) 2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais) 3 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 4 - Applied Mineralogy 5 -Athena 6 - Franklin Minerals(Dunn) 7 - Glendale Community College 8 -Google Images 9 -Google Scholar 10 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 11 -MinDAT 12 -MinMax(Deutsch) 13 -MinMax(English) 14 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 15 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 16 - Minerals of Wisconsin 17 -NSDL Reciprocal Net (JAVA) 18 -QUT Mineral Atlas 19 -University of Colorado - Mineral Structure Data

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Celestine

SrSO4
Dana No: 28.3.1.2 Strunz No: VI/A.09-10
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