Lapis Lazuli is a extensive gemstone that is well known for its beautiful rich, blue color and in its tiny golden pyrite stars and white ribbons. It is one of the oldest semi-precious gemstones to be used in handmade gemstone jewelry.
These days, depending on the design, it can be worn both with casual wear or formal wear. Usually, flaps lazuli is used as a feature piece in a ring or a pair of earrings. However, for a little variation, it is worth considering strands of lapis beads or a pendant. Lapis also looks great when used besides other gemstones such as turquoise, onyx and more.
Shopping Guide: When the color in lapis is deep and distributed evenly, it usually means that is of good quality and can be quite expensive. It is important to look out for lapis that has pyrites because some sellers advertise jewelry with lapis that is used is an artificially colored jasper from Germany and does not have pyrites. Lapis is most valuable when there are more veins of pyrite and less of white. Lapis stones come in all different shapes and can be bought in rings, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets.
Care and Treatment: Lapis lazuli is a very soft stone with a hardness that measures 5.0 to 5.5 on the Mohs scale, so it is best to treat it with care. To prevent any damage to this opaque stone and its glassy protective coating you have to wipe your lapis with a damp cloth rather than a wet one. While cleaning the house, it is best to remove any lapis jewelry because the cleaning chemicals you use are harmful to it. In order not to lose any of its colors, you should always keep it out of the direct sunlight where it would lose its color.
Lapis is the Latin word for stone and "asula" is the Arabic word for blue. A Persian legend says that the heavens owed their color to a huge slab of lapis on which the earth rested. Lapis lazuli is also known as "Stone of Asward" or bluestone. This gemstone has been found in the ruins of the ancient Persian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman civilizations. In the middle ages, it was ground into a powder and made into a paste for painting. Lapis can also be found in Russia, Siberia, Chile, Ovalle, Anglolia, Burma, the USA, Canada, and India.
Healing with Lapis Lazuli
♥ Inner truth ♥ Inner power ♥ Love ♥ Purification ♥ Intuition ♥ Positive magic ♥ Self-confidence ♥ Manifestation ♥ Friendship
A stone of protection that may be worn to guard against psychic attacks, Lapis Lazuli quickly releases stress, bringing deep peace. It brings harmony and deep inner self-knowledge. Encourages self-awareness, allows self-expression and reveals an inner truth, providing qualities of honesty, compassion, and morality to the personality. Stimulates objectivity, clarity and encourages creativity. Lapis Lazuli assists to confront and speak one’s truth and inspires confidence. It bonds relationships, aiding in the expression of feelings and emotions.
Lapis Lazuli boosts the immune system, purifies the 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.
Lapis Lazuli is only 25% to 40% lazarite. It also contains other minerals such as Hayne, sodalite(blue), pyrite(gold), calcite(white), and maybe traces of augite, diopside, hornblende, and nosean.
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