Azurite is a soft, deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. During the early 19th century, it was also known as chessylite...
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Azurite is an inorganic pigment derived from the mineral of the same name. It was likely used by artists as early as the Fourth Dynasty in Egypt, but it...
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Basic copper carbonate (redirect from Mineral green)
as the mineral azurite. It too has been used as pigment, sometimes under the name mountain blue or blue verditer. Both malachite and azurite can be found...
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Blue pigments (section Azurite)
Asunción Tecamachalco, Puebla (1562) Juan Gerson Azurite pigment is derived from the soft, deep-blue copper mineral of the same name, which forms from the weathering...
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Malachite (category Carbonate minerals)
those of azurite and aggregates of the two minerals occur frequently. Malachite is more common than azurite and is typically associated with copper deposits...
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Austinite Autunite Avicennite Avogadrite Awaruite Axinite (mineral group) Azoproite Azurite Varieties that are not valid species: Adamantine spar (variety...
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to a mineral's composition; their contribution to a mineral's colour is diagnostic. Examples of such minerals are malachite (green) and azurite (blue)...
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Mineral collecting is the hobby of systematically collecting, identifying and displaying mineral specimens. Mineral collecting can also be a part of the...
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Eilat stone (category Copper minerals)
green-blue heterogeneous mixture of several secondary copper minerals, including malachite, azurite, turquoise, pseudomalachite, and chrysocolla. Eilat stone...
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CaZn(CO3)2 Barytocalcite BaCa(CO3)2 Carbonate with hydroxide: monoclinic Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 Hydrocerussite Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 Malachite Cu2CO3(OH)2 Rosasite...
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Linarite (category Sulfate mineral stubs)
irregular masses. It is easily confused with azurite, but does not react with dilute hydrochloric acid as azurite does. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a...
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spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are crystal habit varieties of the mineral gypsum. All varieties of gypsum, including selenite and alabaster, are...
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Chalcopyrite (category Sulfide minerals)
copper minerals include the sulfides bornite (Cu5FeS4), chalcocite (Cu2S), covellite (CuS), digenite (Cu9S5); carbonates such as malachite and azurite, and...
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Tenorite (category Oxide mineral stubs)
Tenorite commonly occurs with chrysocolla and the copper carbonates, azurite and malachite. The dull grey-black color of tenorite contrasts sharply...
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Ore (redirect from Mineral Deposit)
gold. The first exploited ores were copper oxides such as malachite and azurite, over 7000 years ago at Çatalhöyük . These were the easiest to work, with...
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Supergene (geology) (section Mineral alterations)
pyromorphite (Pb5(PO4)3Cl); copper precipitates like malachite (Cu2(CO3(OH)2), azurite (Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2), and cuprite (Cu2O); and smithsonite (ZnCO3). At the water...
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Lazurite (category Sodium minerals)
humite, forsterite, hauyne and muscovite. Other blue minerals, such as the carbonate azurite and the phosphate lazulite, may be confused with lazurite...
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Zn4[Si2O7] [OH]2×H2O, malachite Cu2[CO3](OH)2, azurite Cu3[CO3]2(OH)2. Depending on the concentration of ore minerals, a distinction is made between solid or...
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Jan van Eyck (1434), was painted with malachite. Malachite mineral mixed with blue Azurite crystals, mined in Bisbee, Arizona Manjushri Ming Dynasty,...
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of the mineral azurite, both in its natural form and as a pigment in various paint formulations. In order to preserve its deep color, azurite was ground...
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promenade. Azurite from near Kozármisleny, at the Mecsek. Jasper from Romoszhely Calcite, Rhodochrosite Fossils at the Museum of Minerals Celestine from...
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word about a dozen times. azure (colour), lazurite (mineral), azurite (mineral), lazulite (mineral) لازورد lāzward | lāzūard [laːzwrd] (listen), lazurite...
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Caledonite (category Lead minerals)
and lead minerals. Frequently associated minerals include: linarite, malachite, cerussite, brochantite, anglesite, leadhillite, and azurite. Caledonite's...
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List of gemstones by species (section Minerals)
group: Ferroaxinite Magnesioaxinite Manganaxinite Tinzenite Azurmalachite Azurite Baryte Bastnaesite Bayldonite Benitoite Beryl subgroup: Aquamarine Maxixe...
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Cuprite (category Oxide minerals)
secondary mineral which forms in the oxidized zone of copper sulfide deposits. It frequently occurs in association with native copper, azurite, chrysocolla...
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Smithsonite (category Carbonate minerals)
association with hemimorphite, willemite, hydrozincite, cerussite, malachite, azurite, aurichalcite and anglesite. It forms two limited solid solution series...
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interior-decoration until the first half of the 17th century was azurite. The expensive natural mineral azurite was superseded by manufactured blue verditer. The color...
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Clinoclase (category Mineral stubs)
a relative density of 4.3. Associated minerals include malachite, olivenite, quartz, limonite, adamite, azurite, and brochantite among others. Clinoclase...
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30 [852] [853] [854] Azurite (Y: 1832) 5.BA.05 [855] [856] [857] (IUPAC: tricopper dihydro dicarbonate) IMA Database of Mineral Properties/ RRUFF Project...
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bacteria and fungi. Mineral-laden water flowing through the sediments may lead to permineralization, which occurs when minerals precipitate out of solution...
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