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n. - A mineral consisting of strontium sulphate.

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  • Uniquely, the spiny skeletons and cyst shells of acantharians are composed of crystalline strontium sulphate, known as celestite, precipitated from seawater in the upper...
  • Possible substitutes for barite, especially in the oil drilling industry, include other similar minerals, such as celestite (strontium sulfate, SrSO4) and iron ore.
  • The most common of these two minerals is celestite.
  • Strontium is recovered from two strontium minerals, strontianite (strontium carbonate) and celestite (strontium sulfate).
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