lazurite
Noun. (mineralogy) 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 Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, .This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
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