Lapis Lazuli: A Precious stone
The Lapis Lazuli is a dark-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been used
mostly as a gemstone, ornamental material, sculpting material and pigment for a thousand of years.
Lapis lazuli is an aggregate of several minerals, including lazurite, calcite, and pyrite. The Blue comes
from the sulphur content on the lazurite and ranges from pure ultramarine to a lighter blue. The Prize
gold matrix running throughout is due to pyrite inclusion; actually, increase the value of the gems. Lapis
Lazuli is a rock of varying composition, so its physical properties are variable. Lapis Lazuli is not a
mineral. Instead, it is a rock composed of multiple minerals.
The Badakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan is a world's primary source of lapis lazuli through most recorded in history. These are also found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back to about 3000 BC in Iraq and Pakistan. Lapis lazuli appears in many Egyptian archaeological sites that date back to about 3000 BC. It was used in many ornamental objects and jewelry. Powdered lapis was used as a cosmetic and a pigment. Lapis Lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into a powder and made into ultramarine, the finest and most expensive of all blue pigments.
Lapis takes an excellent polish and can be made into jewelry, carvings, boxes, mosaics, ornaments, small statues, and vases. During the Renaissance, lapis was ground and processed to make the pigment ultramarine for use in frescoes and oil painting. Its usage as a pigment in oil paint largely ended during the early 19th century, when a chemically identical synthetic variety became available.
Lapis lazuli is commercially synthesized or simulated by the Gilson process, which is used to make
artificial ultramarine and hydrous zinc phosphates. It may also be substituted by spinel or sodalite, or by dyed jasper or howlite.
This stone is protected that may be worn to guard against psychic attacks, it releases stress and bringing deep peace. It also brings harmony and inner self-knowledge, encourages self-awareness, allows self-expression, and also reveals inner creativity. Lapis Lazuli assists to confront and speak the truth and inspires confidence. It bonds relationships, aiding in expression of feeling and emotions.
Lapis Lazuli boosts the immune system, purifies blood, lowers blood pressure, cooling, and soothing
areas of inflammation. It alleviates insomnia and vertigo and overcomes depression. Lapis Lazuli
benefits the respiratory and nervous systems and the throat, vocal cords, and thyroid, cleanses organs,
bone marrow, and thymus.
The Lapis Lazuli is a dark-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been used
mostly as a gemstone, ornamental material, sculpting material and pigment for a thousand of years.
Lapis lazuli is an aggregate of several minerals, including lazurite, calcite, and pyrite. The Blue comes
from the sulphur content on the lazurite and ranges from pure ultramarine to a lighter blue. The Prize
gold matrix running throughout is due to pyrite inclusion; actually, increase the value of the gems. Lapis
Lazuli is a rock of varying composition, so its physical properties are variable. Lapis Lazuli is not a
mineral. Instead, it is a rock composed of multiple minerals.
The Badakhshan Province of northeastern Afghanistan is a world's primary source of lapis lazuli through most recorded in history. These are also found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back to about 3000 BC in Iraq and Pakistan. Lapis lazuli appears in many Egyptian archaeological sites that date back to about 3000 BC. It was used in many ornamental objects and jewelry. Powdered lapis was used as a cosmetic and a pigment. Lapis Lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into a powder and made into ultramarine, the finest and most expensive of all blue pigments.
Lapis takes an excellent polish and can be made into jewelry, carvings, boxes, mosaics, ornaments, small statues, and vases. During the Renaissance, lapis was ground and processed to make the pigment ultramarine for use in frescoes and oil painting. Its usage as a pigment in oil paint largely ended during the early 19th century, when a chemically identical synthetic variety became available.
Lapis lazuli is commercially synthesized or simulated by the Gilson process, which is used to make
artificial ultramarine and hydrous zinc phosphates. It may also be substituted by spinel or sodalite, or by dyed jasper or howlite.
This stone is protected that may be worn to guard against psychic attacks, it releases stress and bringing deep peace. It also brings harmony and inner self-knowledge, encourages self-awareness, allows self-expression, and also reveals inner creativity. Lapis Lazuli assists to confront and speak the truth and inspires confidence. It bonds relationships, aiding in expression of feeling and emotions.
Lapis Lazuli boosts the immune system, purifies blood, lowers blood pressure, cooling, and soothing
areas of inflammation. It alleviates insomnia and vertigo and overcomes depression. Lapis Lazuli
benefits the respiratory and nervous systems and the throat, vocal cords, and thyroid, cleanses organs,
bone marrow, and thymus.
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