Definitions
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- noun A relatively rare blue, violet-blue, or greenish-blue translucent mineral, Na4−5Al3Si3O12S, the chief component of lapis lazuli.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sodium-aluminium silicate which forms the essential part of the ornamental stone lapis lazuli.
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- noun mineralogy A
mineral of metamorphosedlimestones . Lazurite forms the gemstonelapis lazuli , and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the old masters.sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, .
Etymologies
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The first northern case (55) is covered with various Sulphates, or metals in combination with sulphuric acid, exhibiting beautiful crystals and colours, including sulphate of magnesia from Oregon; sulphate of zinc, or white vitriol; sulphate of iron, or green vitriol; and the splendid blue sulphates of copper from Hungary; beautiful sulphates of lead from Anglesea; sulphates of alumina; common alum; and the splendid specimens of lazurite, or lapis-lazuli, --
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
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1828 M. Guimet succeeded in making an artificial ultramarine, known now extensively as French ultramarine, which is little, if at all, inferior in beauty to lazurite.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits W. Blanchard Jerrold 1855
yarb commented on the word lazurite
By the afternoon though, when the sky turned lazurite, she'd flag; the whole garden would subside.
- Romesh Gunesekera, Heaven's Edge, 2003
August 20, 2008