lazurite
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin lazur (“lapis lazuli”) (from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Persian لاژورد (lâžvard)) + -ite.
Noun
lazurite (usually uncountable, plural lazurites)
- (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, Na4-5Al3Si3O12S.
- 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128:
- Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
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Translations
mineral of metamorphosed limestones
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See also
- lazurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- sodalite
- silicate, silica group
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Lazurite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “lazurite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
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French
Noun
lazurite f (plural lazurites)
- lazurite