different between azurite vs lazurite

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ?.???a?t/, /?æ?.(j)????a?t/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ?(j)???a?t/

Etymology

From Persian ??????? (lâžward, “blue color”).

Noun

azurite (plural azurites)

1. (mineralogy) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂.

Related terms

• azure
• azurite-malachite

Translations

Further reading

• azurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

French

Noun

azurite f (plural azurites)

1. azurite

Further reading

• “azurite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin lazur (“lapis lazuli”), from Arabic ??????????? (l?zaward), from Persian ??????? (lâžvard).

Noun

lazurite (usually uncountable, plural lazurites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, Na_4-5Al₃Si₃O₁₂S.

Translations

See also

• lazurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sodalite
• silicate, silica group

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Lazurite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “lazurite”, in Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

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