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azurite

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).

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sodalite

English

Etymology

Named for the alkaline silicate composition.

Noun

sodalite (plural sodalites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral of alkaline igneous and plutonic rocks that are low in silica, of the chemical composition of sodium aluminum silicate with chlorine, Na4Al3Si3O12Cl. Pink sodalite is sometimes called hackmanite. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite Group of silicate minerals.

Related terms

  • soda

Translations

See also

  • silica group
  • lazurite

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Sodalite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • “sodalite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

  • altoside, diastole, diolates, elastoid, isolated, solidate

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