azurite
carbonate mineral
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Summary
azurite is a mineral species[1]. azurite ranks in the top 2% of mineral species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,267 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: blue[3]
- Chemical formula: Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂[4]
- Subclass of: carbonate and nitrate class of minerals[5]
- Commons category: Azurite[6]
- Streak color: light blue[7]
- IMA status and/or rank: grandfathered mineral (G)[8]
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated): Vb/B.01[9]
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009): 5.BA.05[10]
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update): 5.BA.05[11]
- Mohs' hardness: 3.75[12]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Technical Encyclopedia, 1st edition[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Otto's encyclopedia[17], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20], Slovník naučný[21], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23]
- Different from: Azurite FDPSO[24], Azurite Peak[25]
- Density: 3.75 gram per cubic centimetre[26]
- Type locality (geology): Chessy[27]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q27966295[28]
- IMA Mineral Symbol: Azu[29]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for azurite include azure[30], a web color[31].
Why It Matters
azurite has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] azurite is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for azurite include azure[30], a web color[31].