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    Posted 12 years ago

    Spiperato
    (67 items)

    I found this along the Delaware River in Easton Pa.

    Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. It is also known as Chessylite after the type locality at Chessy-les-Mines near Lyon, France.[2] The mineral, a carbonate, has been known since ancient times, and was mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History under the Greek name kuanos (??????: "deep blue," root of English cyan) and the Latin name caeruleum.[4] The blue of azurite is exceptionally deep and clear, and for that reason the mineral has tended to be associated since antiquity with the deep blue color of low-humidity desert and winter skies. The modern English name of the mineral reflects this association, since both azurite and azure are derived via Arabic from the Persian lazhward (??????), an area known for its deposits of another deep blue stone, lapis lazuli ("stone of azure").

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    1. nldionne nldionne, 12 years ago
      Thanks for the info on your posts.
    2. Spiperato Spiperato, 12 years ago
      You're more than welcome nldionne
    3. Budek Budek, 11 years ago
      Crazy beautiful!

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