lazulite
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Origin of lazulite
1800–10; < Medieval Latin lāzul ( um ) azure, lapis lazuli + -ite 1
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A towering height of solid wall, Flashing afar, surrounds it all, Its golden courts enchant the sight, And gates aglow with lazulite.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
Like lazulite mid burning gold His form was wondrous to behold.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
The exceeding beauty of good samples has caused the lazulite to be much sought after, both as a gem for adorning the person, and for inlaid works in ornamental decoration.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas
Whose was this coat of golden mail Which, though its lustre now is pale, Shone like the sun of morning, bright With studs of glittering lazulite?
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
At any rate, we were off early, the weather was perfect, and the sky was an inverted tureen of lazulite blue.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
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