China 14.5 x 9 x 6 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection Azurite has been known for over 3,000 years and belongs to the mineral class of carbonates and nitrates. It is more common than other gemstones. Its name is probably derived from the ancient Persian (lazhward, lazaxard or lajoard), which means "blue". Already the ancient Egyptians since the 4th Dynasty, Persians and the Romans used the powdered mineral as eye make-up. It was also used in many places for wall paintings, and later in painting and manuscripts. In esotericism, the stone is said to increase mental receptivity and imagination. AZURIT China 14.5 x 9 x 6 cm Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung Azurit ist seit über 3000 Jahren bekannt und geh?rt zur Mineralklasse der Carbonate und Nitrate. Sein Name ist vermutlich auf das Altpersische (Lazhward, Lazaxard oder Lajoard) zurückzuführen, was "blau" bedeutet. Die alten R?mer verwandelten dieses Wort in lazurium (lazulus), sp?ter in azurium, was letztlich zum Begriff azur führte. Seinen noch heute gültigen Namen erhielt Azurit 1824 durch den franz?sischen Mineralogen Francois Beudant. Bereits die alten ?gypter seit der 4. Dynastie, Perser und die R?mer verwendeten das pulverisierte Mineral als Augenschminke. Ebenso wurde es vielerorts für Wandmalereien, sp?ter auch in der Malerei und für Handschriften genutzt. In der Esoterik wird dem Stein eine Steigerung der geistigen Aufnahmef?higkeit und des Vorstellungsverm?gens zugesprochen.
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