Lapis Lazuli Half Moon Earrings SKU: E0010

Half moon Lapis Lazuli dangle earrings.

These tastefully designed earrings feature the richly blue semi-precious gemstone from Afghanistan called Lapis Lazuli.

• 925 Sterling Silver
• Weight: 8 grams
• Length: 1.5 inches
• Width: 0.75 inch

Lapis lazuli, Afghanistan's blue treasure, is a metamorphic rock, deep blue to purple mottled with calcite, sodalite and pyrite. Lapis lazuli usually occurs in crystalline marble and the most important component is lazurite. 

Prized for intense color since thousands of years BC, by the end of the middle ages lapis lazuli was used to make Ultramarine, the most refined and expensive of all blue tones.

Afghanistan, was the source of lapis lazuli for the Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, as well as Greeks and Romans. 

In ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli was a favorite stone to carb amulets, adorned daggers and for jewelry. Powder lapis was used as eyeshadow by Cleopatra.