lazulite Min.
(ˈlæzjʊlaɪt)
[f. med.L. lazul-um (see lapis lazuli) + -ite.]
Hydrous phosphate of aluminium and magnesium, found in blue monoclinic crystals; also, the colour of this mineral. ¶ Sometimes used = lapis lazuli.
Named by Klaproth, 1795, from its older name lazurstein.
| 1807 Aikin Dict. Chem. & Min. II. 3 Lazulite..occurs disseminated in fine grains. 1818 W. Phillips Min. 81 Lazulite..is perfectly distinct from Lapis Lazuli. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. viii. II. 268 In that princely house where the remains of Ignatius Loyola lie enshrined in lazulite and gold. 1861 Bristow Gloss. Min. 211 Lazulite is distinguished from Lapis Lazuli by never being accompanied by Iron Pyrites. 1883 E. Arnold Pearls Faith iv. 12 His sky is lazulite; His earth is paved with emerald-work. |
| attrib. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 88 Lazulite rock. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. xlvii. (1856) 439 The rich lazulite blue that was reflected from the bergs. |
Hence
lazuˈlitic a., of or pertaining to lazulite.
| 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. viii. (1856) 62 It reminded me of the recent cleavage of sulphate of strontian—a resemblance more striking from the slightly lazulitic tinge of each. |