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), waked or woke, waked or woken, waking. 1. to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up). 2. to become roused from a tranquil or inactive state; awaken; waken: to wake from one's daydreams. 3. to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken: to wake to the true situation.