noun
- plural of lazurite; blue minerals composed of sodium calcium aluminum silicate sulfate, the main component of lapis lazuli
Usage: mineralogy
Examples
- The geologist identified several lazurites in the rock sample.
- Lazurites give lapis lazuli its characteristic deep blue color.
- The museum’s mineral collection includes fine specimens of lazurites.
- Ancient artists ground lazurites to make ultramarine pigment.
- The lazurites in this stone show excellent crystal formation.
- Miners discovered lazurites embedded in the limestone matrix.