Azurite

Origin

From Persian لاژورد (lâžward, "blue color").

Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Full definition of azurite

Noun

1. (mineral) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂.

Related terms

• azure
• azurite-malachite