What do you know about Lapis Lazuli

What You didn't Know about this stone

This is an Antique Ring

of Lupis

To the right is an Egyptian Scarcab

This is the pendant found on Egyptian King Tutanhkamun that is yellow lapis.

Egyptian cultures made a practice of burying a Lapis lazuli Scarab with the dead.
They believed it to have protective powers. Some ancient Cultures prized it more than gold. The Greeks referred to it as sapphire. The Egyptians used it as a symbol of truth.,Also say it is used with care as as it will help you become a channel to the afterlife. Some say it has Healing powers.. It is said that dreaming of lapis would foretell love forever and faithful. There is a crystal lapis too.

Bead Necklace of Lapis

Antique winged pendant Egyptian to left

This is it in the RAW

Antique necklace of

Polished Lapis Lazui

In Badakhshan, Afganistan here are photp's of them in a lapis MINE .

You can actually see the big blue stones


looks like the way we mine granite here in Maine..
inferior stone is dyed for improvement

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Badakhshan,

Afghanistan, Chile,

Siberia Libyan desert

,California, Colorado

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In the Egyptian tombs they found much Lapis .

I once saw a table covered with the stone, it was awesome.
It was also was used in Mosaic ceilings and walls

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There is also yellow.

.cabochon ring is very nice. Looks Russian

In ancient times lapis lazuli was called sapphire.

They have found pendant circa 2900 BC. around Egypt.

known for spiritual healing . In Russia I saw an entire room

of Malachite in the Hermitage Museum

in Leningrad. That is my favorite stone.

Egyptian Scarab




Polished stones and some cut. when cutting Lapis stone it smells. Bad..l


Posted by Yvonne Rosenfield @ La Petite Gallery
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