What makes the Lapis Lazuli so meaningful? The Lapis Lazuli is a special blue metamorphic rock that has been used for many healing purposes. Its shiny vibrant color makes it great for jewelry and ...

“Whole economies were built around it,” says Aja Raden, author of Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World. Also called lapis lazuli, or “blue stone”, this hot property has been ...

The Taliban and other armed groups earn up to $20 million a year from illegal mining of the semi-precious lapis stone from a far corner of Afghanistan, a London-based watchdog group said Monday. The ...

Somewhere in a box in her office Julie Abouzelof has a pile of pure blue lapis lazuli. The Hawaii-based ethical sourcing advocate, who owns an online healing crystal shop, is struggling to do the ...

Lapis is a material so ancient that its name simply means “stone.” In antiquity, lapis was the most valuable gemstone of all, prized for its scarcity as much as its looks. “Whole economies were built ...

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Anita Radini's work on the medieval female artist mentioned in this article was partially funded by the Max Planck Society and the Leverhulme Trust (through a Leverhulme prize to Dr Camilla Speller).

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