The lapis lazuli : semi - precious stones

The lapis lazuli is a blue rock which was liked by old Mesopotamia, in Egypt, in Persia, in Greece and in Rome. The old city of Ur had one flourishing trade of lapis lazuli as of the fourth millennium before J. - C. The name is international, of the Latin word "lapis lazuli" which mean pencil and of the Arab word "azul" which means blue. When the lapis lazuli was introduced in Europe, it was called "ultramarinum" which means beyond the sea. This stone is that of the seventh and ninth year of marriage.

The lapis lazuli was the secrecy of blue in the overseas, the pigment that painters used to paint the sea and the sky until the nineteenth century. The lapis lazuli was also very popular in marquetry. The Romans believed that this lapis lazuli was a powerful aphrodisiac.

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