different between laurite vs lazurite

English

Etymology

After Laura R. Joy, wife of American chemist C. A. Joy. Named in 1866.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l??.a?t/

Noun

laurite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon, with the chemical formula RuS₂.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Etrulia, liturae, uralite

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.

Anagrams

• altruize