Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
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. 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 (κυανός: deep blue root of English cyan) and the Latin name caeruleum.
