Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan


Polished slab of lapis lazuli containing some brassy-coloured pyrite. Lapis lazuli (sodium calcium aluminum silicate sulphur sulphate) is a rich blue opaque, semi-precious stone.


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Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
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