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LAPIS LAZULI
The main supplies of lapis lazuli are found in Afghanistan, Egypt, Canada, Chile, the US, and South America. The most important sources of the highest quality are the mines in Badakhshan, northeastern Afghanistan, and near Ovalle, Chile, where the gemstone is usually pale, rather than deep, blue.
Lapis lazuli, also called Lazurite, occurs in various shades of blue. Some specimens are speckled with white calcite and some with yellow pyrite. The finest lapis lazuli is even blue color with little or no veining from other elements.
Lapis lazuli is a semiprecious stone valued for its deep blue color. The source of the pigment ultramarine, lapis lazuli is not a mineral but a rock colored by lazurite.
The name lapis comes from word "pencil" in Spanish. Lapis lazuli is the anniversary gemstone for the 7th and 9th years of marriage.
Lapis lazuli can easily be scratched or chipped. Water can dissolve the stone's protective coatings. Clean your lapis lazuli jewelry with a soft dry cloth.
Lapis lazuli was treasured by ancient Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations and often worn by royalty. It was widely used by Egyptians for cosmetics and painting. Persian legend says
that the heavens owed their blue color to a massive slab of
lapis upon which the earth rested. It was believed to be a sacred stone, buried with the dead to protect and guide them
in the afterlife.
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 Lapis Lazuli
Lapis lazili is one of the gemstones used in commesso (also called florentine mosaic). Developed in Florence in the late 16th century, commesso is a technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly colored, semiprecious stones.
For centuries lapis lazuli has been prized for jewelry, but it has also been used to make the beautiful blue ultramarine, which is used in paints, lacquers, and decorating materials. It has a particularly brilliant blue color and is very lightfast.
The stone is thought to increase psychic abilities. Lapis is said to be a cure for melancholy and for certain types of fever. It is reputed to eliminate negative emotions and relieve sore throat pain.
Traditionally believed to increase mental clarity, virility, and calm, lapis lazuli is energy focuser for teachers, lecturers and speakers. It is thought to enhance creative self-expression and is believed useful in relieving depression and promoting spirituality. Lapis lazuli is also powerful during meditation.
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