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Lapis and Turquoise
Lapis and Turquoise
10-inch...$55.53




Gemstone Rainbow Ankle Bracelet
Multi-Gemstone
10"...$44.14




We choose only Afghanistan AA grade lapis with mostly lazurite, (deep blue color), and small amounts of calcite and pyrite, (white and brass colored specks).

Lapis, with its deep blue hues, has been used throughout history. The gemstone can be ground to a powder and used as a pigment called ultramarine. This azure blue pigment adorns Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, and was used as eyeliner for ladies in ancient Egypt.

More about lapis here.



Examples of Historical Lapis Art

ca. 2500 B.C.E. - 1200 C.E.

Byzantine Pendant
Byzantine Pendant
ca. 300-400 C.E.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ram In Thicket
Ram In Thicket
Mesopotamia
ca. 2600-2400 B.C.E.
The British Museum
King Ramesses Seal
Ramesses II Seal
ca. 1250 B.C.E.
The Virtual Egytian Museum
Face of Akhenaten
Face of Akhenaten
ca. 1340 B.C.E.
Global Egyptian Museum


Marcus Berkner Jewelry
1685 Norkenzie Rd
Eugene Oregon 97401
(541) 345-4231

Created on ... March 11, 2002
Last update ... April 9, 2009
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