Lapis lazuli : n : an azure blue semiprecious stone [syn: lazuli]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Lapis lazuli : \La"pis laz"u*li\ (Min.)
An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli,
which see.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Lazuli \Laz"u*li\, n.[F. & NL. lapis lazuli, LL. lazulus,
lazurius, lazur from the same Oriental source as E. azure.
See Azure.] (Min.)
A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small
rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina,
lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by
yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued
for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and
Armenian stone.
