Lapis Lazuli
Lapis Lazuli from AfghanistanThere are few gemstones with as long and romantic a history as lapis lazuli. Though found in assorted locatings around the world, the finest lapis comes from the Badakhshan province of northern Afghanistan, where it has been mined without disruption for over 6,000 years. Lapis lazuli was one of the earliest gemstone materials. It was used for sacred amulets in ancient Egypt and by the Assyrians and Babylonians for cylinder seals. Historians believe that Cleopatra used powdered lapis for eye shadow. The ancient royal Sumerian tombs of Ur, located near the Euphrates River in lower Iraq, contained more than 6,000 beautifully executed lapis lazuli statuettes of birds, deer, and rodents as well as dishes, beads, and cylinder seals. Powdered lapis was also the source for the blue pigment known as ultramarine, used by painters from the Medieval amount of time through the Renaissance. The synthetic version of ultramarine was came across early in the 19th century and the use of pricey lapis for pigments quickly declined. Lapis is one of the few gemstones that is a rock rather than a mineral. That is because lapis is ordinarily a mixture of 3 minerals: lazurite, calcite and pyrite. Lazurite, a complex solid homogeneous inorgani substance containing sulfur, is the necessary ingredient of lapis and gives it it is bright blue color. Calcite is calcium carbonate, a white solid homogeneous inorgani substance responsible for the white streaks in a lot of specimens of lapis. Pyrite is an iron sulfide which is white-gold in color and lends lapis it is distinguishable glitter. The finest lapis is a deep intense blue. High quality lapis is smooth and fine grained with a with no problems or difficulties polished surface. Collectors look for a minimum of calcite. The calcite may be seen as white streaks or patches within the darker blue, or it may be circulated allround the specimen, giving the rock an overall lighter blue hue. Pyrite inclusions are valued by collectors, but the inclusions must not be too large, since they have a tendency to discolor at the edges. Lapis is a reasonably soft stone, ranging from 5 to 6 on the Mohs scale. It is also somewhat porous and will have to be protected from solvents and chemicals. Lapis is almost always cut as cabochons or beads, or carved into a potpourri of ornamental objects. Though there are a good deal of selections today in blue gemstones, lapis may somewhat be said to be the initial blue stone. But it is is distinctive for it is rich historical associations as well as it is color.
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