Azure spar
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Azure spar, sometimes azur-spar, is a trivial and commercial, partly obsolete name for several of the most famous bright blue or blue-colored minerals, which also have similar names, most notably for
Lazurite (Badakhshan)
Lazurite
Hauyne
Azurite
Azurite
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Azurite or Azure spar is a soft, deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. During the early 19th century, it was also known as chessylite, after the type locality at Ches
Azure spar
…partly obsolete name for several of the most famous bright blue or blue-colored minerals, which also have similar names, most notably for lazurite and azurite, and also for the less commonly used lazulite. In addition, Robert Jameson in his fundamental works of 1804-1821 also included hauyne as a separate…
Azurite from New Nevada lode, La Sal, Utah, United States
Chemical structure of azurite. Color code: red = O, green = Cu, gray = C, white = H)
Azurite from Burra Mine, South Australia
Ground azurite for use as a pigment