XL 62MM Natural Blue Lapis Lazuli Sphere Ball Orb Pyrite Crystal Calcite Stand

Location: Afghanistan Weight: 14.1 Ounces   Dimensions: 62MM Comes with a free Rosewood stand. The item pictured is one you will receive.   Hardness: 5.5 Lapis Lazuli is not a single mineral. It is a combination of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite, with small amounts of other minerals.  Contrary to common belief, it does not contain lazulite. Lapis Lazuli literally means "blue stone" from Latin and Persian or Arabic.  Historians believe the link between humans and lapis lazuli stretches back more than 6,500 years. The gem was treasured by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome. They valued it for its vivid, exquisite color and prized it as much as they prized other blue gems like sapphire and turquoise. Badakshan, a province in present-day Afghanistan, is a forbidding wasteland of mountains, bare of any vegetation. The sheer mountain faces rise as high as 17,000 feet and are scored with treacherous ravines. Humans make their way there to seek one thing o