{"id":6524,"date":"2024-06-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cola5677.odns.fr\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2024-06-12T11:10:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T09:10:24","slug":"azurite-properties-uses-and-virtues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemgazette.com\/en\/gem-encyclopedia\/azurite-properties-uses-and-virtues\/","title":{"rendered":"Azurite: Properties, Uses and Virtues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Azurite is an intense blue copper mineral, often mixed with malachite<\/a> as azurmalachite, formed in the oxidation zones of copper deposits. Used since ancient times, notably by the Egyptians and in the Middle Ages as a pigment for religious art, its powder is toxic. Renowned for stimulating spiritual awareness and mental clarity, Azurite is mined mainly in France, the United States, Mexico, Namibia and Russia. With a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale<\/abbr>, it is fragile and requires delicate care. Although rarely processed, it can be mixed with malachite and plastic to form reconstituted azurmalachite.<\/p>\n\n

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Malachite and azurite – Photo\u00a9 by Laur\u00e9line Colliard, Jardin des Plantes mineralogy gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
Azurite: Table of contents<\/div>
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