azurite

azurite

See also: Azurite

English

Etymology

From Persian لاژورد‎ (lâžward, “blue color”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæʒ.əˌɹaɪt/, /ˈæʒ.(j)ʊəɹˌaɪt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæʒ(j)ʊˌɹaɪt/

Noun

azurite (plural azurites)

1. (mineralogy) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂.

Related terms

• azure
• azurite-malachite

Translations

blue, vitreous mineral

Chinese: Mandarin: 藍銅礦／蓝铜矿 (zh) (lántóngkuàng), 石青 (zh) (shíqīng) Esperanto: azurito Finnish: atsuriitti German: Azurit (de) m Greek: αζουρίτης (el) m (azourítis) Hungarian: azurit (hu) Italian: azzurrite (it) f Polish: azuryt (pl) m Russian: азури́т (ru) m (azurít) Spanish: azurita (es) f

Further reading

• azurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.zy.ʁit/

• Audio

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Noun

azurite f (plural azurites)

1. (mineralogy) azurite

Further reading

• “azurite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.