azurite

See also: Azurite

English

Etymology

From Persian (lâžward, “blue color”).^[1]

Noun

azurite (plural azurites)

(mineralogy) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(C O₃)₂(OH)₂.

Related terms

Translations

blue, vitreous mineral

Chinese:
Mandarin: 藍銅礦 (zh), 蓝铜矿 (zh) (lántóngkuàng), 石青 (zh) (shíqīng)
Esperanto: azurito
Finnish: atsuriitti
German: Azurit (de) m

Greek: αζουρίτης (el) m (azourítis)
Italian: azzurrite (it) f
Polish: azuryt (pl) m
Russian: азури́т (ru) m (azurít)
Spanish: azurita (es) f

Further reading

azurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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

French

Noun

azurite f (plural azurites)

azurite

Further reading

“azurite” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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