Celestiiic gepcrsits of tbc §ristol 
^ I '^HE mineral celestine has long attracted the attention 
of Gloucestershire geologists and has been already 
referred to in several papers pubHshed in the Proceedings of 
the local Natural History Societies. 
Mr. Norman ColHe {Proc. Prist. Nat. Soc. vol. ii. p. 292) 
deals somewhat fully with it and names many localities where 
it has been found. Mr. W. W. Stoddart {Proc. Prist. Nat. 
Soc. vol. ii. p. 44) gives a brief description with an analysis. 
Mr. W. C. Lucy in his paper " On the Minerals of Gloucester- 
shire, with part of the adjacent counties of Somersetshire and 
Worcestershire " {Proc. Gotteswold Nat. Field Club, 1881-2, 
p. 30) also refers to it. Mr. F. Smith, Ibid. vol. x. (1892), p. 71, 
has a paper on " The Minerals of Gloucestershire : Obser- 
vations on Celestite." 
This paper will deal more particularly with the deposits 
round Bristol and with the uses of the mineral for commercial 
purposes. 
The name celestine (Latin, coelestes, celestial) alludes to the 
By B. A. BAKER. 
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