Azurite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Carbonate
- Crystal system
- Monoclinic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Colour
- Blue
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Jewellery, Ore
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Azurite was ground into the blue pigment used by European painters in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
- In damp air azurite slowly turns into green malachite, which is why old blue paint can turn greenish.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q108212 · All stones · All entries