Azure vs. Azurite — What's the Difference?

A bright blue, as of a clear sky.

Azurite is a soft, deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. During the early 19th century, it was also known as chessylite, after the type locality at Chessy-les-Mines near Lyon, France.

(Heraldry) The color blue.

An azure blue vitreous mineral of basic copper carbonate, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2, used as a copper ore and as a gemstone.

The blue sky.

(mineral) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂.

The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.

(tincture) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

(poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.

Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.

Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.

Lapis lazuli.

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky

Cloudless

(tincture) In blazon, of the colour blue.

(transitive) To colour blue.

Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

The lapis lazuli.

The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.

The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

To color blue.

A light shade of blue

Color azure;

Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky;