different between silicate vs lazurite

English

Etymology

From silic(on) +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA^(key): /?s?l?ke?t/
• enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA^(key): /?s?l?k?t/
• enPR: s??l?k?t, IPA^(key): /?s?l?k?t/
• Hyphenation: sili?cate

Noun

silicate (plural silicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates

   Hypernym: compound

   Hyponyms: aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate, aluminomagnesian silicate, aluminosilicate, bismuth silicate, borophosphosilicate, calcium magnesium silicate, cerous silicate, cyclosilicate, inosilicate, magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, neosilicate, orthosilicate, phosphosilicate, phyllosilicate, pyrosilicate, sodium silicate, sorosilicate, subsilicate, tectosilicate, titanosilicate

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References

• silicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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• ciliates

French

Noun

silicate m (plural silicates)

1. (inorganic chemistry) silicate

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.

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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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• altruize