{"id":12633,"date":"2025-04-04T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectralstone.com\/?p=12633"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:08:12","slug":"lapis-lazuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectralstone.com\/?p=12633","title":{"rendered":"Lapis Lazuli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name \u201clapis lazuli\u201d means \u201cblue stone.\u201d\u00a0 Ancient Egyptians used it to create blue cosmetics. In the Renaissance, painters ground the stone to make ultramarine, a blue pigment used for skies and seas. Lapis lazuli has been mined in Afghanistan since the 7th century BC and featured in the jewelry of some of the earliest civilizations. One of the most iconic artefacts of the ancient world features it, the funerary mask of King Tutankhamun, which uses it to depict the eye makeup. 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