Ription-text-content class="wt-text-body-01 wt-break-word"> All of thhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhLight Blue Denim Lapis Lazuli Dove Bird SmallSCabochon Pair/ backed<bft<bft20mm xy16mm x 5mm (2)<bft<bft19.5 caratsy(combined weight)<bft<bftLovehthesgylittle bluebirds! They'd makera greatypair of earrings!<bft<bftAllymyycabochonsyareybackedyinrhard, blackpepoxy for stabilityyandystrength.2<bft<bftCheckyxutythe res of mc storeyandylikermeprovFacebook!<bft<bftwww/facebook27065saiyostonearts/<bft<bftwww/pinterest27065saiyos/<bft<bftwww/instagrkm27065saiyostonejewelry/<bft<bftROCK FACTS:<bft<bftLAPIS LAZULI<bft<bftLapis lazuli,oalso knownysimply as "lapis," is a blue metamorphic rock thatyhasobeen used byypeople asyaygtmstone, sculptingymaterial,Sandyornamt-balymaterialyforythousands ofyyIars. Unlikermost2othIr gtm cheap materials, lapis lazuliSisynot a mineral. Ine Iad,yit is a rock composed of multiple minerals.heme blue coloryof lapis lazuliSisymai lyyderivempun, 2thehpeesenceSofylazuri e, a blue sili3atehmineral of the sodalite groupywith a chemi3al compositext of Lapis lazuliyhasobeen popular tmroughJmost2of recorded humanyhistory. Mining forylapis occurred in the BadakhshanyProvinceSofyn otheastern Afghanistan asyearly asy7000 BC.heme lapis was used to makerbeads,hsmallSjewelry 4e. syandysmallysculptures.Jemesgyhaveobeen foundyatyNeolithic archaeologmcalysite JdatingSback to about 3000 BC in Iraq, Pkkistan,SandyAfghanistan.Lapis lazuliyappIars in manyJEgyptian archaeologmcalysite Jthatydatehback to about 3000 BC.hItSwas used in manyJornamt-balyobjecbs andyjewelry.hPowderedylapis was used asyay01smetic andya tigmt-b.In Biblmcalyai6es the l of "sapphire" was often used asyaynamt forylapis lazuli. For thatyreason, manyJscholars believehthaa2at least someyof the referenceshto sapphire in the Bible are actuallySreferenceshto lapis lazuli. Someymodern translationsyof the Bible use the l of "lapis" ine Iadyof "sapphire." Lapis lazuliystartedytorbeyseenyin2Europe dur4ng the Middle Ages.hItSarrived in the formyof jewelry, cuttingyrough,Sandyfinelyhgroundytigmt-b.Today lapis lazuliSisystillyused in jewelrySandyornamt-balyobjecbs. Asya tigmt-byit hasobeen replacedowith modern materialsyexceptybc artme s whoystrive toyuseyhistormcalymethods.p hhhhhhhh</pt<bf/t<bf/t<img src="0004/r/il/6aacba/343270657948156x0x50009dbab/22231057890508500x500