Azurite is a minor mineral of copper, well-known for its deep blue (azure) color. In the past, it was used for making blue pigments. It is popular among mineral collectors and is used in making...
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Azurite has been used as a dye for paints and fabrics for thousands of years. The deep blue color can even appear black in larger crystals. Smaller crystals are generally a lighter shade of blue and can be transparent, the larger the crystal the deeper the color and the less transparent it is.
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Azurite has been used as a dye for paints and fabrics for eons. Unfortunately, at times its color is too deep and larger crystals can appear black. Small crystals and crusts show the lighter azure color well. Azurite is often associated with its colorful close cousin, malachite...
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Azurite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. It is also known as Chessylite after the Chessy-les-Mines near Lyon, France, where striking specimens have...
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The mineral azurite, the basic carbonate of copper, is used as a decorative stone and a blue pigment. Azurite occurs in the oxidized zone of copper deposits, where it has been precipitated from low-temperature copper and carbonate-rich solutions.
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mountain blue ( ′mau̇ntən ′blü ) ( inorganic chemistry ) 2CuCO 3 Cu(OH) 2 Ground azurite used as a paint pigment ... (inorganic chemistry) 2CuCO3·Cu(OH)2 Ground azurite used as a paint pigment. Also known as copper blue.
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Azurite was used as a blue pigment for centuries. Depending on the degree of fineness to which it was ground, and its basic content of copper carbonate, it gave a wide range of blues. It has been known as mountain blue or Armenian stone, in addition it was formerly known as Azurro Della Magna (from Italian).
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Also used prolifically in the East, azurite can be found in wall paintings in Central China from the Ming and Sung Dynasties, as well as cave paintings at Tun Huang in Western China. There are records of its use also in Japan and Ancient Egypt. ... When was Azurite used?
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