Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli for Sale - Buy natural lapis lazuli stones at the best price. Large selection of lapis lazuli, blue lapis lazuli

Lapis Lazuli is one of the oldest known gemstones and it was first mined in Lajevard, Afghanistan. Lapis Lazuli is a classic blue gemstone and, in fact, the name for the color comes from the stone not the other way round. Over the centuries this word came to mean blue and is still echoed in the English word azure and French, Portuguese and Spanish translations for blue. Lapis Lazuli has a hardness of 5 - 6 on Mohs hardness scale which is quite low for a gemstone. It is still very popular for all types of jewelry.