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Example sentences for "azurite"

Lexicographically close words:
aztekischen; azulejos; azur; azure; azured; azygos; baaing; baan; baas
  1. She wore vivid green azurite ornaments on the fairness of her bosom, and her bright hair was bound by a band of the same colour.

  2. She was twisting the azurite jewels on her bosom, and pressing the blunt points into her flesh.

  3. Azurite occurs with malachite in the upper portions of deposits of copper ore, and owes its origin to the alteration of the sulphide or of native copper by water containing carbon dioxide and oxygen.

  4. Being less hydrated than malachite it is itself liable to alteration into this mineral, and pseudomorphs of malachite after azurite are not uncommon.

  5. Crystals of azurite belong to the monoclinic system; they have a vitreous lustre and are translucent.

  6. It was known to Pliny under the name caeruleum, and the modern name azurite (given by F.

  7. This mortar was used in grinding an azurite pigment.

  8. Small nodules of azurite used by the Indians in decorating their altars, &c.

  9. These were, with few exceptions, covered with a crystalline layer resembling green malachite or blue azurite and were quite illegible.

  10. Azurite is found in the Arizona mines and in Chessy, in France (hence the name chessylite, sometimes used instead of azurite).

  11. These are both varieties of copper carbonate with combined water, the azurite having less water.


  12. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "azurite" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alabaster; asphalt; mineral