Barium copper-silicate doesn’t just have archaeologists and chemists intrigued. At normal temperatures, it’s an insulator and is nonmagnetic. Along with its many fine properties ...

Scientists have discovered that at the abrupt lowest temperature transition at which barium copper silicate enters a new state-called the quantum critical point-the three-dimensional material ...

Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia. As reported by Focus Online, it was produced artificially by ...

Considered to be the first synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue—which is derived from calcium copper silicate—was routinely used on ancient depictions of gods and royalty in ancient Egypt.

For being the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment, the original recipes for Egyptian blue remain a mystery. The approximately 5,000-year-old dye wasn’t a single color, but instead ...

M ore than 5,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt, a mixture of silica, lime, copper, and an alkali was heated, resulting in a ...

Dioptase, a secondary copper silicate, is also found in the district, where it is associated with chrysocolla in limestone. ... Acquired by the Arizona Copper Co. in 1883, ...

In fact, it seems likely that copper smelting stimulated not only glazing but the production of glass itself, as well as the pigment known as Egyptian blue, which is a ground-up copper silicate glass.

Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia.