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LAPIS LAZULI HISTORY

Lapis Lazuli with its distinctive ultramarine hue, has been widely popular since 3300–1900 BC and was highly regarded during the Pharaoh era in ancient Egypt.

At the end of the Middle Ages, Lapis Lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into powder and made into ultramarine, the finest and most expensive of all blue pigments.

It was used by some of the most important artists of the Renaissance and Baroque Era, and was often reserved for the clothing of the central figures of their paintings, especially the Virgin Mary.

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LAPIS LAZULI HISTORY

Lapis Lazuli with its distinctive ultramarine hue, has been widely popular since 3300–1900 BC and was highly regarded during the Pharaoh era in ancient Egypt.

At the end of the Middle Ages, Lapis Lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into powder and made into ultramarine, the finest and most expensive of all blue pigments.

It was used by some of the most important artists of the Renaissance and Baroque Era, and was often reserved for the clothing of the central figures of their paintings, especially the Virgin Mary.

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PROPERTIES

Lapis Lazuli stone meaning helps bridge the gap between the physical world and the spiritual realm that exists beyond the horizon in a merging of the past and present.

Associated with the third eye chakra, the Lapis Lazuli meaning can be traced back to ancient Egypt where royalty believed in its power to stimulate openness to the spirit world and infinite possibilities of the imagination.

It also contains prosperity and abundance qualities with its unique variations of gold and white specks from Calcite and Pyrite deposits, also known as the good luck stones.

LEGEND

Fashion icon and Egyptian beauty Cleopatra used the crushed powder of Lapis Lazuli in her cosmetics to create the signature eye makeup design that symbolizes an Egyptian pharaoh. It was also used to decorate tombs of King Tutt and other famous pharaohs.