Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A relatively rare blue mineral, (Mg, Fe)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2, with a vitreous luster.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral of a light- or indigo-blue color, crystallizing in the monoclinic system.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A semi-precious
gemstone that is a basicphosphate ofmagnesium ,iron andaluminium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I catch a glimpse of her uneven bluish teeth, set like mismatched pegs of lazulite into gums the colour of a stormy autumn sky.
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I catch a glimpse of her uneven bluish teeth, set like mismatched pegs of lazulite into gums the colour of a stormy autumn sky.
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They were fastened at each tip by tiny nets sewn with lazulite beads as blue as her eyes.
Spirit Gate 2006
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Besides the colouring principle of the lazulite, there are always more or less mica and iron pyrites, the latter a lustrous yellow bisulphide of iron, which has often been mistaken for pellets of gold.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Lapis lazuli, or lazulite, is usually disseminated in a rock, which contains, among other substances, a fine white lazulite.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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The apartment was sumptuously furnished in two colors -- amber and lazulite.
Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Mary E. Bradley Lane
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The exceeding beauty of good samples has caused the lazulite to be much sought after, both as a gem for adorning the person, and for inlaid works in ornamental decoration.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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We have frequently found ultramarine to be darkened, dimmed, and somewhat purpled by ignition; and the same results ensue, in many instances, when the lazulite is calcined.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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At any rate, we were off early, the weather was perfect, and the sky was an inverted tureen of lazulite blue.
The Prairie Child Arthur Stringer 1912
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Page 113 lazulite, carnelian and jasper have all been found, and occasionally acceptable gems result from these sources.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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