Celestine

Info: Celestine is often found as colourless to white crystals. In can be coloured also in brownish yellow or blue colours. Celestine is often found in various agregate forms. Celestine is often transparent with pearl to glassy luster.

How to recognize: Celestine is often confused with baryte or other sulfate minerals, but it has lesser density than baryte.

Found: Celestine was found in Madagaskar, Italy, England, Russia, Tunis, Giershagen (Germany) and in USA.

Used for: Celestine is used in the nuclear, glass and ceramics industry. It is an important ore of strontium.