lazulite
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Origin of lazulite
1800–10; < Medieval Latin lāzul ( um ) azure, lapis lazuli + -ite 1
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The swan and Sáras thronged each bay With curlews, ducks, and divers gay, Where the sea spray rose soft and white O'er rocks of glossy lazulite.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
A jewelled chain, whose lustre passed The glory of the sun, he cast About his friend Sugríva's neck; And, Angad Báli's son to deck, He gave a pair of armlets bright With diamond and lazulite.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
We have frequently found ultramarine to be darkened, dimmed, and somewhat purpled by ignition; and the same results ensue, in many instances, when the lazulite is calcined.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
See, here and there around us high Piled up in heaps cleft billets lie, And holy grass is gathered, bright As strips of shining lazulite.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Where noble pillars charmed the sight With diamond and lazulite, And others glorious to behold With ivory, crystal, silver, gold.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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