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Lazurite and hauyne seem to have the same structure and both are sulfate-dominant minerals. [13] Lazurite is a pigment (opalescent) and has a bright blue streak (especially as a component of the semiprecious stone lapis lazuli). Many hauynes have a white or pale blue streak and are translucent.
Azure spar, sometimes azur-spar (German: Lazur spath, Blau spath) is a trivial and commercial, partly obsolete name for several of the most famous bright blue or blue-colored minerals, which also have similar names, most notably for lazurite and azurite, [1]: 14 and also for the less commonly used lazulite.
Lazulite or Azure spar [6]: 14 is a transparent to semi-opaque, blue mineral that is a phosphate of magnesium, iron, and aluminium, with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe 2+)Al 2 (PO 4) 2 (OH) 2. [3]
Azurite is used occasionally as beads and as jewelry, and also as an ornamental stone. [21] However, its softness and tendency to lose its deep blue color as it weathers leaves it with fewer uses. [22] Heating destroys azurite easily, so all mounting of azurite specimens must be done at room temperature.
Lapis lazuli (UK: / ˌ l æ p ɪ s ˈ l æ z (j) ʊ l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ʊ-,-ˌ l i /; US: / ˈ l æ z (j) ə l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ə-,-ˌ l i /), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.
Lazurite – Alumino-silicate mineral whose blue colour is due to a sulfide species and not copper Nosean – tectosilicate mineral Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Sodalite – Blue tectosilicate mineral
2, with royal blue varieties widely used as an ornamental gemstone. Although massive sodalite samples are opaque, crystals are usually transparent to translucent. Sodalite is a member of the sodalite group with hauyne, nosean, lazurite and tugtupite. The people of the Caral culture traded for sodalite from the Collao altiplano. [6]
lazurite Na 3 Ca(Si 3 Al 3)O 12 S; tsaregorodtsevite N(CH 3) 4 Si 4 (SiAl)O 12; tugtupite Na 4 BeAlSi 4 O 12 Cl; vladimirivanovite Na Na 6 Ca 2 [Al 6 Si 6 O 24](SO 4,S 3,S 2,Cl) 2 ·H 2 O; All these minerals are feldspathoids. Haüyne forms a solid solution with nosean and with sodalite. Complete solid solution exists between synthetic nosean ...