Lapis lazuli (UK: /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz(j)ʊli, ˈlæʒʊ-, -ˌli/; US: /ˈlæz(j)əli, ˈlæʒə-, -ˌli/), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious...
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The Lapis Lazuli egg is a jewelled Fabergé egg, attributed to the House of Fabergé in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia. Unlike many of the other Fabergé...
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Lapis Lazuli is an international transit route opened in 2018 linking Afghanistan to Turkey via Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The name “Lapis...
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Ultramarine is a deep blue color pigment which was originally made by grinding lapis lazuli into a powder. Its lengthy grinding and washing process makes the natural...
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Sar-i Sang (section Lapis lazuli mines)
for its ancient lapis lazuli mines producing the world's finest lapis. It is located in the Koksha Valley. The Sar-i Sang lapis lazuli mine probably dates...
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Pikmin (redirect from Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud)
Pikmin is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde...
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The lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena) is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli. Measurements: Length: 5.1–5.9 in (13–15 cm) Weight:...
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up the hanging device. 1 necklace with rounded lapis lazuli beads including: 28 rounded lapis lazuli beads, [and] 29 fluted beads for its clasp. Sumerian...
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Pigments of prehistoric and historic value include ochre, charcoal, and lapis lazuli. In 2006, around 7.4 million tons of inorganic, organic, and special...
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crystals are rare. It is usually massive and forms the bulk of the gemstone lapis lazuli. Lazurite is a deep‐blue to greenish‐blue. The colour is due to the presence...
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formally Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhā-rāja ("Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light"; Chinese: 藥師琉璃光(王)如來, Japanese: 薬師瑠璃光如来, Korean: 약사유리광여래, Vietnamese:...
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lapis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lapis may refer to: Lapis lazuli, a gemstone Lapis armenus, a precious stone resembling lapis lazuli Lapis Lacedaemonius...
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Harappans. Lapis lazuli was imported in great quantity by Egypt, and already used in many tombs of the Naqada II period (c. 3200 BC). Lapis lazuli probably...
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fusion of Jasper and Lapis Lazuli. In the first-season finale, Jasper fuses with Lapis to defeat the Crystal Gems, only for Lapis to take control of the...
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Lapis lazuli, also referred to as lazuli, is a metamorphic rock Lazuli may also refer to: Lazuli (French band) Lazuli (album), by Sam Rivers, 1990 "Lazuli"...
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is a Filipino actress. She is mostly known for her recurring role as Lapis Lazuli in Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future. The youngest of four children...
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Imports to Ur (section Lapis Lazuli)
precious metals such as gold and silver, and semi-precious stones, namely lapis lazuli and carnelian. These objects are all the more impressive considering...
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colour in art and decoration since ancient times. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in ancient Egypt for jewellery and ornament and later, in the...
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Art of ancient Egypt (section Lapis lazuli)
(Cairo) Osiris on a lapis lazuli pillar in the middle, flanked by Horus on the left, and Isis on the right; 875–850 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; 9 cm; Louvre...
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name from the vivid-blue gemstone lapis lazuli, a metamorphic rock. Lapis is the Latin word for "stone" and lāzulī is the genitive form of the Medieval...
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Shades of blue (section Lapis lazuli)
1802. The color lapis lazuli is displayed at left. Lapis Lazuli is a color that is a representation of the most common color of lapis lazuli. The traditional...
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alternative birthstone for August Sapphire, the birthstone for September Lapis lazuli, the traditional birthstone for September Opal, one of two October birthstones...
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complete with a golden and lapis lazuli-encrusted bearded bull's head; a profusion of gold tableware; golden, carnelian, and lapis lazuli cylindrical beads used...
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Lapis armenus, also known as Armenian stone or lapis stellatus, in natural history, is a variety of precious stone, resembling lapis lazuli, except that...
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accoutrements of lapis lazuli symbolizing her divine power. Once captured by the queen of the underworld, Inanna is described as being lapis lazuli, silver, and...
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painting and other arts. The raw material of the earliest blue pigment was lapis lazuli from mines in Afghanistan, that was refined into the pigment ultramarine...
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Cemetery at Ur Animal-shaped pendants of gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian from Eshnunna Pearl, lapis lazuli, carnelian and silver beads from Tell Agrab (ED...
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Civilization) established around 2000 BC on the Oxus river (Amu Darya) near the lapis lazuli mines. It is considered to be the northernmost settlement of the Indus...
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female—when female, she is called Lazuli; when male, he is called Lapis. When a cruel Habit lord named Diamond murders Lapis Lazuli's family, s/he vows revenge...
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rule." The mask is inlaid with coloured glass and gemstones, including lapis lazuli (the eye surrounds and eyebrows), quartz (the eyes), obsidian (the pupils)...
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