Custom Cut Polish & Wire Wrapped Lapis Lazuli Set Earring Necklace/Pendant/Slide/Enhancer 14 Kgf Size: Pendant: 1 15/16 x 13/16 inch or 49mm x 31mm Earrings: 1 1/16 x 5/8 inch or 37mm x 9mm
Lapis lazuli or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color. As early as the 7th millennium BCE, lapis lazuli was mined in the Sar-i Sang mines, in Shortugai, and in other mines in Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan.