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  2. Lapis lazuli - Wikipedia

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    Lapis lazuli (UK: / ˌ l æ p ɪ s ˈ l æ z (j) ʊ l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ʊ-,-ˌ l i /; US: / ˈ l æ z (j) ə l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ə-,-ˌ l i /), 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.

  3. List of names derived from gemstones - Wikipedia

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    Jewellery, gemstone: Bijou: Given name / surname Means jewel in French. Jewel (given name) Given name Lapis lazuli: Rumi Given name Originates from Japanese and means "lapis lazuli" and "flow". Malachite: Malachy (given name) Given name Originates from Ireland. Pearl: Madge (given name) Given name A girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "pearl ...

  4. Gemstone Meanings: Power and Significance of the 25 Most ...

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    Lapis Lazuli How stunning is that vivid blue hue? “This beautiful vibrant blue gemstone is long prized for its ability to enhance wisdom and assist in allowing truth to come forth,” Salzer says.

  5. Gemstones in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Crystal quartz is a transparent crystalline variety of the mineral quartz, resembling glass. Job lists gavish (crystal quartz) alongside gold, onyx, lapis lazuli, glass, coral, and peridot as a valuable trade good. The Hebrew word gavish is a wanderwort, which probably originated in historical Nubia, modern Sudan.

  6. Philosopher's stone - Wikipedia

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    The name of "Stone" or lapis itself is informed by early Christian allegory, such as Priscillian (4th century), who stated, Unicornis est Deus, nobis petra Christus, nobis lapis angularis Jesus, nobis hominum homo Christus (One-horned is God, Christ the rock to us, Jesus the cornerstone to us, Christ the man of men to us.) [25]

  7. Luminous gemstones - Wikipedia

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    In 1735, the French chemist Charles François de Cisternay du Fay determined that lapis lazuli, emerald, and aquamarine were luminescent. Josiah Wedgwood, in 1792, found phosphoresce from rubbing together two pieces of quartz or of agate, and wrote that the ruby gives "a beautiful red light of short continuance."

  8. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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    1 necklace with rounded lapis lazuli beads including: 28 rounded lapis lazuli beads, [and] 29 fluted beads for its clasp. [ 41 ] Sumerian necklace beads; 2600–2500 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; length: 54 centimetres (21 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art

  9. Ultramarine - Wikipedia

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    Ultramarine is a deep blue color pigment which was originally made by grinding lapis lazuli into a powder. [2] Its lengthy grinding and washing process makes the natural pigment quite valuable—roughly ten times more expensive than the stone it comes from and as expensive as gold.