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Definition of Azurite
1. Noun. Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.
Definition of Azurite
1. n. Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.
Definition of Azurite
1. Noun. (mineral) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu2+3(CO3)2(OH)2. ¹
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Definition of Azurite
1. a mineral [n -S]
Medical Definition of Azurite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Azurite
Literary usage of Azurite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"It occurs abundantly in the upper oxidized portions of veins of copper ore, where
it is associated with azurite, cuprite, copper, limonite and the sulphides ..."
2. Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California by George Frederick Kunz (1905)
"azurite shows various shades of azure to Berlin blue. Malachite is a bright green
... azurite contains copper oxide, 69.2; carbon dioxide, 25.6; water, 5.2. ..."
3. Manual of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1904)
"Cu(OH),, occurs in oblique rhombic crystals, or stalactitic and fibrous (Atlas
ore), or massive (copper green), generally mixed with azurite (Ural, ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"... CuO; azurite, or blue copper carbonate, malachite, or green copper carbonate;
and chryscolla, a hydrous copper silicate. 70. ..."
5. The Commercial Hand-book of Chemical Analysis; Or, Practical Instructions by Alphonse Normandy (1850)
"... in connection with bone- dust, or acid-phosphate of lime, or guano. AZOTIC
ACID.—See Nitric Acid. AZURE-BLUE.—See Smalt. azurite.—See Copper Ores. ..."
6. Lectures on Mineralogy: Delivered at the School of Mines, Columbia College by Thomas Egleston (1886)
"It is often -found as large crystals, which are pseudomorphs after Cuprite or
azurite. Its fracture is unequal, conchoidal, or fibrous in the concretionary ..."
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