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Lapis Lazuli occurs in various shades of blue with some qualities being speckled with white calcite and some with yellow . The finest Lapis Lazuli is even blue color with little or no veining from other elements. Lapis lazuli is a semiprecious Stone(Labrador Antico) valued for its deep blue color. The source of the pigment ultramarine, Lapis lazuli is not a mineral but a rock colored by lazurite. In addition to the sodalite minerals in lapis lazuli, small amounts of white calcite and of crystals are usually present. Because lapis is a rock of varying composition, its physical properties are variable. Lapis Lazuli with deep azure blue color, often flecked with golden inclusions, was treasured by ancient Babylonian and Egyptian civilizations and often worn by royalty. Lapis lazuli was widely used by Egyptians for cosmetics and painting . Persian legend says that the heavens owed their blue color to a massive slab of Lapis upon which the earth rested. Lapis Lazuli was believed to be a sacred Stone(Labrador Antico), buried with the dead to protect and guide them in the afterlife. Lapis lazili is one of the gemStone(Labrador Antico)s, that used in commesso, also called florentine mosaic. Commesso is a technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly colored, semiprecious Stone(Labrador Antico)s, developed in Florence in the late 16th century. The Stone(Labrador Antico)s most commonly used are , , , , Granite(Juparana Colombo)s, porphyries, petrified woods, and lapis lazuli. Commesso pictures, used mainly for tabletops and small wall panels, range from emblematic and floral subjects to landscapes. |