/sel"euh stuyt'/ , n.
a white to pale-blue mineral, strontium sulfate, SrSO 4 , occurring in tabular crystals, the principal ore of strontium.
Also, celestine /sel"i stin, -stuyn'/ .
[ 1850-55; celest ( ine ) celestite ( Zölestin coelest ( is ), var. of caelestis CELESTIAL + G -in -IN 2 ) + -ITE 1 ]