Ription-text-content class="wt-text-body-01 wt-break-word"> All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhLightyBlueGDeni 2Lap byLazuli DoveoBird Small Cabochon Pair/ybacked<bft<bft20mmSx 16mmSx 5mmS(2)<bft<bft19.5 carats (706binedyweight)<bft<bftLove thesgylittle bluebirds! They'dymake a great pair of earrings!<bft<bftAll my cabochons are backed inhhard, black epoxy forystabilityya-dystrength.o<bft<bftCheckyou the eest of mc storeya-dylikerme on Facebook!<bft<bftwww/facebook27065saiyostonearts/<bft<bftwww/pinterest27065saiyos/<bft<bftwww/instagram27065saiyostonejewelry/<bft<bftROCK FACTS:<bft<bftLAPIS LAZULI<bft<bftLap bylazuli,yalso known simplyyas "lap b," is a blue metamorphicyrock that hasobeen usedvby people as a gtmstone, sculpting matgrial,oandyornamental matgrial forythousands ofyyears oUnlikermost other gtm matgrials, lap bylazuli is not aJmineral. Ine Iad, it isvayrock composedvofymultiple minerals. The blue coloryof lap bylazuli is mai-ly2dewivedJun, 2the presgnce ofylazurite, a blue silicate mineralrof the sodaliteygroup with aSchemicalycompositionrof Lap bylazuli hasobeen popucar throughhmost of recordedJhumanhhistory. Mining forylap byoccurred inhthe Badakhshan Province ofynortheastern Afghanistan as earlyyas 7000 BC. The lap bywas usedvto make2beads, small jewelry ie. syandysmall sculptures.yThesgyhaveobeen foundyat Neolithic archaeologicalysite Jdatingyback to abou 3000 BC inhIraq, Pakistan,oandyAfghanistan.Lap bylazuli aptears in many Egyptian archaeologicalysite Jthat da Iyback to abou 3000 BC. It was usedvin many ornamental objectloandyjewelry. Powderedylap bywas usedvas a cosmetic and aypigment.In Biblicalytimes the l of retailer "sapphire"ywas often usedvas a name forylap bylazuli. Forythat eeason, many scholars believe that at least someyof the eefergnces to sapphire inhthe Bible argyactuallyyeefergnces to lap bylazuli. Someymodern t anslationsyof the Bible use the l of "lap b" ine Iadyof "sapphire." Lap bylazuli ba/rted to beyseen inhEuexpe during the Middle Ages. Ityarwived inhthe formyof jewelry, cuttingyrough,oandyfinelyhgroundypigment.Today lap bylazuli is st4ll usedvin jewelryoandyornamental objectl. As aypigment it hasobeen replaced withymodern matgrials except byyartisos whoystrive to usehhistoricalymethods.y hhhhhhhh</pt<bf/t<bf/t<img src="0004/r/il/6aacba/34327065.778156/0x50009dbab52223105789x508500x500