lazurite

Significado (Inglés)

A mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, Na₄₋₅Al₃Si₃O₁₂S.

Conceptos

lapislázuli

lazulita

lazurita

Sinónimos

celestine

lapis

lapis lazuli

celesite

celestinian

celestite

schatzite

zolestin

Traducciones

Lapislazuli

lapis-lazuli

lapis

lapislazzuli

lapis lazuli

lazuursteen

azuursteen

latzurita

κύανος

Etimología (Inglés)

From Medieval Latin lazur (“lapis lazuli”) (from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Persian لاژورد (lâžvard)) + -ite.