lazulite

[laz-uh-lahyt, lazh-uh-]

noun

an azure-blue mineral, hydrous magnesium iron aluminum phosphate, (FeMg)Al2P2O8(OH)2.

Origin of lazulite

1800–10; < Medieval Latin lāzul(um) azure, lapis lazuli + -ite¹

Related formslaz·u·lit·ic

[laz-uh-lit-ik, lazh-uh-] /ˌlæz əˈlɪt ɪk, ˌlæʒ ə-/, adjective

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Historical Examples of lazulite

The apartment was sumptuously furnished in two colors—amber and lazulite.
Mizora: A Prophecy
Mary E. Bradley
This mineral is known as lazulite and in composition is a silicate of soda and alumina with a small quantity of sodium sulphide.
Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 3 [August 1902]
Various
Moreover, lazulite is softer and contains magnesia and lime, which the turquoise does not.
The A B C of Mining
Charles A. Bramble
At any rate, we were off early, the weather was perfect, and the sky was an inverted tureen of lazulite blue.
The Prairie Child
Arthur Stringer
The blue colour of lazulite had been always ascribed to iron, till MM.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure

British Dictionary definitions for lazulite

lazulite

noun

a blue mineral, consisting of hydrated magnesium iron phosphate, occurring in metamorphic rocks. Formula: (Mg,Fe)Al 2 (PO 4) 2 (OH) 2

Word Origin for lazulite

C19: from Medieval Latin lāzulum azure, lapis lazuli

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