azurite
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English
Etymology
From Persian لاژورد (lâžvard, “blue color”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
azurite (plural azurites)
- (mineralogy) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu2+3(CO3)2(OH)2, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.
Related terms
Translations
blue, vitreous mineral
Further reading
References
- ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
French
Pronunciation
Noun
azurite f (plural azurites)
Further reading
- “azurite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.