Azurite

Raw Azurite Jewelry, Handmade in Japan

Explore TROZO's raw azurite necklaces — each built around a real, uncut azurite rather than a cut and polished stone. Many are set in sterling silver. Every piece is handmade in Japan, and as one-of-a-kind raw stone it is truly unique.

Azurite is a hydrated copper carbonate, Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂, monoclinic, Mohs 3.5–4. A deep azure-to-ultramarine mineral, its name comes (via Old French *azur* and Arabic *lāzaward*, “sky-blue”) from the same root as lapis lazuli. The sister mineral of malachite, forming in the same oxidized copper zone — a slight difference of composition and CO₂ pressure splits them into blue and green. From the 15th to 17th centuries it was the most important blue pigment in Europe, painted by Giotto, Raphael, Michelangelo and the early Vermeer.

TROZO works every azurite unpolished, setting it so its natural colour and form lead the design — handmade in Japan, and no two raw stones alike.