different between limestone vs lazurite

English

Etymology

From lime +? stone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?la?msto?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?la?mst??n/

Noun

limestone (countable and uncountable, plural limestones)

1. An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
2. (attributive) Pertaining to or made of limestone.

   • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

Synonyms

• lime
• calcium carbonate

Hyponyms

• (mineralogy): bluestone, burrstone, calp, coquina, coral rag, chalk, malm, marble, travertine, tufa

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

limestone (not comparable)(Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

1. Made of or with limestone.

See also

• karst

Anagrams

• lemoniest, milestone

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