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Definition of "azurite" []

  • An azure blue vitreous mineral of basic copper carbonate, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2, used as a copper ore and as a gemstone. Also called chessylite. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "azurite" in a sentence
  • "Although azurite is Mayer's pure blue pigment (b12), his examples of color mixing and identification relied on Prussian blue (b11r1). reference Mayer did not explain these discrepancies, and there may be several reasons for them."
  • "When this black coating was nearly dry, they carved out certain areas and filled them with bright colors made from inorganic materials such as azurite and red ochre, leaving the raised chaute as a black border."
  • "Indigo had an advantage over the metallic blues such as azurite in that it was not corrosive, but it was not always stable."