Lapis lazuli
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Metamorphic rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Medium (3 to 5.5)
- Colour
- Blue
- Lustre
- Glassy, Dull
- Use
- Jewellery
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Afghanistan's Sar-e Sang mines have supplied lapis lazuli for more than 6,000 years.
- Ground lapis made ultramarine paint, once among the most expensive pigments used by painters.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q216798 · All stones · All entries