Lazurite
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Silicate
- Crystal system
- Cubic
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Density
- Light (under 2.5 g/cm³)
- Occurs in
- Metamorphic rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Blue
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Jewellery
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Lazurite is the main blue mineral of lapis lazuli, mined in Afghanistan for thousands of years.
- Ground lazurite made ultramarine, a very expensive pigment used in Renaissance paintings.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q10914750 · All stones · All entries