Azurite is not a common or abundant mineral, but it is beautiful and its blue color attracts attention. It has been used by people in many parts of the world for thousands of years. Ancient people used it as an ore of copper, as a pigment, as a gemstone, and as an ornamental stone.
awakening definition: 1. (a) waking up 2. (an) arousing or reviving, as of impulses, religion, etc.awakening Idiomsthe Great Awakening any of several American movements of religious revival, specif., 3. one in the American Colonies from c. 1720 to the ...
verb (used without object), emerged, emerging. 1. to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog. 2. to rise or come forth from or as if from water or other liquid. 3. to come up or arise, as a question or difficulty.