Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli is a sodium aluminum silicate-rich mineral combined with the metamorphic rock it grows within. It is a rock formed by multiple minerals, mostly Lazurite, Sodalite, Calcite, and Pyrite.
Lapis Lazuli was highly valued in Ancient Egypt, obtained from the oldest mines in the world, worked from around 4000 B.C. The golden sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen was richly inlaid with Lapis, as were other burial ornaments of Egyptian kings and queens. It was used extensively in scarabs, pendants, and other jewelry, and ground into powder for dyes, eye shadow, and medicinal elixirs.
The highest quality deposits are found in the Sar-e-Sand deposit in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan’s Kochka River Valley. It is important to note that unlike most minerals, Lapis Lazuli is found within caves and not traditional mines. Lapis is found worldwide.

Lapis Lazuli Properties:

A stone of protection and opening intuition/ third eye chakra
Lapis Lazuli releases stress, bringing deep peace. It brings harmony and deep inner self-knowledge.
Encourages self-awareness, allows self-expression and reveals inner truth, providing qualities of honesty, compassion and morality to the personality. Stimulates objectivity, clarity and encourages creativity. Lapis Lazuli assists to confront and speak one’s truth and inspires confidence. It bonds relationships, aiding in expression of feelings and emotions.
Lapis Lazuli boosts the immune system and aids depression. Lapis Lazuli benefits the respiratory and nervous systems and the throat, vocal cords, and thyroid, cleanses organs, bone marrow and thymus.