azurite

See also: Azurite

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæʒ.əˌɹaɪt/, /ˈæʒ.(j)ʊəɹˌaɪt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæʒ(j)ʊˌɹaɪt/
  • Audio (General American); /ˈæʒ.(j)ʊəɹˌaɪt/:(file)

Noun

azurite (plural azurites)

  1. (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.
    Synonym: chessylite

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Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.zy.ʁit/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

azurite f (plural azurites)

  1. (mineralogy) azurite

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