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	Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan in its natural state
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Lapis lazuli (UK: /ˌlæpɪs ˈlæz(j)ʊli, ˈlæʒʊ-, -ˌlaɪ/; US: /ˈlæz(j)əli, ˈlæʒə-, -ˌlaɪ/), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

As early as the 7th millennium BC, lapis lazuli was mined in the Sar-i Sang mines,^[1] in Shortugai, and in other mines in Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan.^[2]

Lapis lazuli artifacts, dated to 7570 BC, have been found at Bhirrana, which is the oldest site of Indus Valley civilisation.^[3] Lapis was highly valued by the Indus Valley Civilisation (7570–1900 BC).^[3]^[4]^[5] Lapis beads have been found at Neolithic burials in Mehrgarh, the Caucasus, and as far away as Mauritania.^[6] It was used in the funeral mask of Tutankhamun (1341–1323 BC).^[7]

By the end of the Middle Ages, lapis lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into powder and made into ultramarine, the finest and most expensive of all blue pigments. Ultramarine was used by some of the most important artists of the Renaissance and Baroque, including Masaccio, Perugino, Titian and Vermeer, and was often reserved for the clothing of the central figures of their paintings, especially the Virgin Mary. Ultramarine has also been found in dental tartar of medieval nuns and scribes.^[8]

Major sources

Mines in northeast Afghanistan continue to be a major source of lapis lazuli. Important amounts are also produced from mines west of Lake Baikal in Russia, and in the Andes mountains in Peru which is the source that the Inca used to carve artifacts and jewelry. Smaller quantities are mined in Pakistan, Italy, Mongolia, the United States, and Canada.^[9]

Etymology

Lapis is the Latin word for "stone" and lazulī is the genitive form of the Medieval Latin lazulum, which is taken from the Arabic لازورد lāzaward, itself from the Persian لاجورد lājevard. It means "sky" or "heaven"; so this is a "stone (of/from) the sky" or "stone (of/from) heaven". Historically, it was mined in Badakhshan region of upper Afghanistan, but also mined in Lājevard, Persia. Lazulum is etymologically related to the color blue and used as a root for the word for blue in several languages, including Spanish and Portuguese azul.^[10]^[11]

Science and uses

Composition

The most important mineral component of lapis lazuli is lazurite^[12] (25% to 40%), a blue feldspathoid silicate mineral with the formula (Na,Ca)
₈(AlSiO
₄)
₆(S,SO
₄,Cl)
_1–2.^[13] Most lapis lazuli also contains calcite (white), sodalite (blue), and pyrite (metallic yellow). Some samples of lapis lazuli contain augite, diopside, enstatite, mica, hauynite, hornblende, nosean, and sulfur-rich löllingite geyerite.

Lapis lazuli usually occurs in crystalline marble as a result of contact metamorphism.

Color

The intense blue color is due to the presence of the trisulfur radical anion (S^•−
₃) in the crystal.^[14] The presence of disulfur (S^•−
₂) and tetrasulfur (S^•−
₄) radicals can shift the color towards yellow or red, respectively.^[15] These radical anions substitute for the chloride anions within the sodalite structure.^[16] The S^•−
₃ radical anion exhibits a visible absorption band in the range 595–620 nm with high molar absorptivity, leading to its bright blue color.^[17]

Sources

Lapis lazuli is found in limestone in the Kokcha River valley of Badakhshan province in north-eastern Afghanistan, where the Sar-e-Sang mine deposits have been worked for more than 6,000 years.^[18] Afghanistan was the source of lapis for the ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, as well as the later Greeks and Romans. Ancient Egyptians obtained the material through trade with Mesopotamians, as part of Egypt–Mesopotamia relations. During the height of the Indus Valley civilisation, approximately 2000 BC, the Harappan colony, now known as Shortugai, was established near the lapis mines.^[6]

In addition to the Afghan deposits, lapis is also extracted in the Andes (near Ovalle, Chile); and to the west of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, at the Tultui lazurite deposit. It is mined in smaller amounts in Angola, Argentina, Burma, Pakistan, Canada, Italy, India, and in the United States in California and Colorado.^[9]

Uses and substitutes

Lapis takes an excellent polish and can be made into jewellery, carvings, boxes, mosaics, ornaments, small statues, and vases. Interior items and finishing buildings can be also made with lapis. Two of the columns framing the iconostasis in Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg are built with lapis. During the Renaissance, lapis was ground and processed to make the pigment ultramarine for use in frescoes and oil painting. Its usage as a pigment in oil paint largely ended during the early 19th century, when a chemically identical synthetic variety became available.

Lapis lazuli is commercially synthesized or simulated by the Gilson process, which is used to make artificial ultramarine and hydrous zinc phosphates.^[19] It may also be substituted by spinel or sodalite, or by dyed jasper or howlite.^[20]

Crystals of lazurite (the main mineral in lapis lazuli) from the Sar-i Sang mine in Afghanistan, where lapis lazuli has been mined since the 7th Millennium BC
A polished block of lapis lazuli
Natural ultramarine pigment made from ground lapis lazuli. During the Middle Ages and Renaissance it was the most expensive pigment available (gold being second) and was often reserved for depicting the robes of Angels or the Virgin Mary
19th-century lapis lazuli and diamond pendant

History and art

In the ancient world

Lapis lazuli has been mined in Afghanistan and exported to the Mediterranean world and South Asia since the Neolithic age,^[21]^[22] along the ancient trade route between Afghanistan and the Indus Valley, dating to the 7th millennium BC. Quantities of these beads have also been found at 4th millennium BC settlements in Northern Mesopotamia, and at the Bronze Age site of Shahr-e Sukhteh in southeast Iran (3rd millennium BC). A dagger with a lapis handle, a bowl inlaid with lapis, amulets, beads, and inlays representing eyebrows and beards, were found in the Royal Tombs of the Sumerian city-state of Ur from the 3rd Millennium BC.^[21] Stone also known as Lazika Stone.

Lapis was also used in ancient Mesopotamia by the Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians for seals and jewelry. It is mentioned several times in the Mesopotamian poem, the Epic of Gilgamesh (17th–18th Century BC), one of the oldest known works of literature. The Statue of Ebih-Il, a 3rd millennium BC statue found in the ancient city-state of Mari in modern-day Syria, now in the Louvre, uses lapis lazuli inlays for the irises of the eyes.^[23]

In ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli was a favorite stone for amulets and ornaments such as scarabs. Lapis jewellery has been found at excavations of the Predynastic Egyptian site Naqada (3300–3100 BC). At Karnak, the relief carvings of Thutmose III (1479-1429 BC) show fragments and barrel-shaped pieces of lapis lazuli being delivered to him as tribute. Powdered lapis was used as eyeshadow by Cleopatra.^[6]^[24]

Jewelry made of lapis lazuli has also been found at Mycenae attesting to relations between the Myceneans and the developed civilizations of Egypt and the East.^[25]

Pliny the Elder wrote that lapis lazuli is “opaque and sprinkled with specks of gold”. Because the stone combines the blue of the heavens and golden glitter of the sun, it was emblematic of success in the old Jewish tradition. In the early Christian tradition lapis lazuli was regarded as the stone of Virgin Mary.

In late classical times and as late as the Middle Ages, lapis lazuli was often called sapphire (sapphirus in Latin, sappir in Hebrew),^[26] though it had little to do with the stone today known as the blue corundum variety sapphire. In his book on stones, the Greek scientist Theophrastus described "the sapphirus, which is speckled with gold," a description which matches lapis lazuli.^[27]

There are many references to "sapphire" in the Old Testament, but most scholars agree that, since sapphire was not known before the Roman Empire, they most likely are references to lapis lazuli. For instance, Exodus 24:10: "And they saw the God of Israel, and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone..." (KJV). The words used in the Latin Vulgate Bible in this citation are "quasi opus lapidis sapphirini", the terms for lapis lazuli.^[28] Modern translations of the Bible, such as the New Living Translation Second Edition,^[29] refer to lapis lazuli in most instances instead of sapphire.

Vermeer

Johannes Vermeer used lapis lazuli.^[30]^[31]

Gallery

Sumerian bald clean-shaven male worshipper head; 2600-2500 BC; gypsum, shell, lapis lazuli and bitumen; from Nippur (Iraq); Museum of the Oriental Institute (Chicago)
Sumerian necklace beads; 2600–2500 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; length: 54 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Sumerian necklace; 2600–2500 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; length: 22.5 cm; from the Royal Cemetery at Ur (Iraq); Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient Egyptian scarab finger ring; 1850–1750 BC; lapis lazuli scarab set in gold plate and on a gold wire ring lapis-lazuli; diameter: 2.5 cm, the scarab: 1.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Neo-Babylonian conical seal; 7th–6th century BC; lapis lazuli; height: 2.7 cm, diameter: 2.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient Egyptian plaque with an Eye of Horus; 664–332 BC; lapis lazuli; length: 1.8 cm, width: 1.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Greek or Roman ring stone; lapis lazuli; 2.1 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Roman bead ornament; gold and lapis lazuli; 3 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
20th century silver ring with polished lapis oval; 2 x 2.4 x 1 cm
Elephant carved from lapis lazuli. Length 7 cm.
Large lapis lazuli specimen from Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains. National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.)

References

^ David Bomford and Ashok Roy, A Closer Look- Colour (2009), National Gallery Company, London, (ISBN 978-1-85709-442-8)
^ Moorey, Peter Roger (1999). Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: the Archaeological Evidence. Eisenbrauns. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-57506-042-2. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
^ ^a ^b "Excavation Bhirrana | ASI Nagpur". excnagasi.in. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
^ Sarkar, Anindya; Mukherjee, Arati Deshpande; Bera, M. K.; Das, B.; Juyal, Navin; Morthekai, P.; Deshpande, R. D.; Shinde, V. S.; Rao, L. S. (2016-05-25). "Oxygen isotope in archaeological bioapatites from India: Implications to climate change and decline of Bronze Age Harappan civilization". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 26555. Bibcode:2016NatSR...626555S. doi:10.1038/srep26555. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4879637. PMID 27222033. S2CID 4425978.
^ DIKSHIT, K.N. (2012). "The Rise of Indian Civilization: Recent Archaeological Evidence from the Plains of 'Lost' River Saraswati and Radio-Metric Dates". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. 72/73: 1–42. ISSN 0045-9801. JSTOR 43610686.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bowersox & Chamberlin 1995
^ Alessandro Bongioanni & Maria Croce
^ Zhang, Sarah (January 9, 2019). "Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Lapis Lazuli". www.gemstone.org. International Colored Gemstone Association. Archived from the original on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
^ Senning, Alexander (2007). "lapis lazuli (lazurite)". Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-444-52239-9.
^ Weekley, Ernest (1967). "azure". An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. New York: Dover Publications. p. 97.
^ "Lapis lazuli: Mineral information, data and localities". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
^ "Lazurite: Mineral information, data and localities". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
^ Boros, E.; Earle, M. J.; Gilea, M. A.; Metlen, A.; Mudring, A.-V.; Rieger, F.; Robertson, A. J.; Seddon, K. R.; Tomaszowska, A. A.; Trusov, L.; Vyle, J. S. (2010). "On the dissolution of non-metallic solid elements (sulfur, selenium, tellurium and phosphorus) in ionic liquids". Chem. Comm. 46 (5): 716–718. doi:10.1039/b910469k. PMID 20087497. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
^ Ganio, Monica; Pouyet, Emeline S.; Webb, Samuel M.; Patterson, Catherine M. Schmidt; Walton, Marc S. (2018-03-01). "From lapis lazuli to ultramarine blue: investigating Cennino Cennini's recipe using sulfur K-edge XANES". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 90 (3): 463–475. doi:10.1515/pac-2017-0502. ISSN 1365-3075. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
^ Reinen, Dirk; Lindner, Gottlieb-Georg (1999-01-01). "The nature of the chalcogen colour centres in ultramarine-type solids". Chemical Society Reviews. 28 (2): 75–84. doi:10.1039/A704920J. ISSN 1460-4744. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
^ Chivers, Tristram; Elder, Philip J. W. (2013-06-21). "Ubiquitous trisulfur radical anion: fundamentals and applications in materials science, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry and geochemistry". Chemical Society Reviews. 42 (14): 5996–6005. doi:10.1039/C3CS60119F. ISSN 1460-4744. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
^ Oldershaw 2003
^ Read, Peter (2005). Gemmology Archived 2016-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, Elsevier, p. 185. ISBN 0-7506-6449-5.
^ Lapis lazuli Archived 2019-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, Gemstone Buzz.
^ ^a ^b Moorey, Peter Roger (1999). Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries: the archaeological evidence. Eisenbrauns. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-57506-042-2. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
^ Monthly, Jewellery (2015-04-02). "A complete guide to Gemstones". Jewellery & Watch Magazine | Jewellery news, jewellery fashion and trends, jewellery designer reviews, jewellery education, opinions | Wrist watch reviews. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
^ Claire, Iselin. "Ebih-Il, the Superintendent of Mari". Musée du Louvre. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
^ [1] Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine Moment of Science site, Indiana Public Media
^ Alcestis Papademetriou, Mycenae, John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, 2015, p. 32.
^ Schumann, Walter (2006) [2002]. "Sapphire". Gemstones of the World. trans. Annette Englander & Daniel Shea (Newly revised & expanded 3rd ed.). New York: Sterling. p. 102. In antiquity and as late as the Middle Ages, the name sapphire was understood to mean what is today described as lapis lazuli.
^ Theophrastus, On Stones (De Lapidibus) – IV-23, translated by D.E. Eichholtz, Oxford University Press, 1965.
^ Pearlie Braswell-Tripp (2013), Real Diamonds and Precious Stones of the Bible ISBN 978-1-4797-9644-1
^ "In His Image Devotional Bible" ISBN 978-1-4143-3763-0
^ "Vermeer's Palette: Natural Ultramarine". Archived from the original on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
^ "Out of the blue: Vermeer's use of ultramarine in Girl with a Pearl Earring". Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

Bibliography

Bakhtiar, Lailee McNair, Afghanistan's Blue Treasure Lapis Lazuli, Front Porch Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-0615573700
Bariand, Pierre, "Lapis Lazuli", Mineral Digest, Vol 4 Winter 1972.
Bowersox, Gary W.; Chamberlin, Bonita E. (1995). Gemstones of Afghanistan. Tucson, AZ: Geoscience Press.
Herrmann, Georgina, "Lapis Lazuli: The Early Phases of Its Trade", Oxford University Dissertation, 1966.
Korzhinskij, D. S., "Gisements bimetasomatiques de philogophite et de lazurite de l'Archen du pribajkale", Traduction par Mr. Jean Sagarzky-B.R.G.M., 1944.
Lapparent A. F., Bariand, P. et Blaise, J., "Une visite au gisement de lapis lazuli de Sar-e-Sang du Hindu Kouch, Afghanistan," C.R. Somm.S.G.P.p. 30, 1964.
Oldershaw, Cally (2003). Firefly Guide to Gems. Toronto: Firefly Books..
Wise, Richard W., Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones, 2016 ISBN 9780972822329
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External links

Lapis lazuli at Gemstone.org
Documentation from online course produced by University of California at Berkeley
Lapislazuli: Occurrence, Mining and Market Potential of a blue Mineral Pigment
"Lapis Lazuli" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.
"Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth", The Atlantic, January 2019
Lapis Lazuli birthstone virtues and story at birthstone.guide

[Ashok_Roy_2009-1] David Bomford and Ashok Roy, A Closer Look- Colour (2009), National Gallery Company, London, (ISBN 978-1-85709-442-8)

[2] Moorey, Peter Roger (1999). Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: the Archaeological Evidence. Eisenbrauns. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-57506-042-2. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

[:0-3] "Excavation Bhirrana | ASI Nagpur". excnagasi.in. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-08-21.

[4] Sarkar, Anindya; Mukherjee, Arati Deshpande; Bera, M. K.; Das, B.; Juyal, Navin; Morthekai, P.; Deshpande, R. D.; Shinde, V. S.; Rao, L. S. (2016-05-25). "Oxygen isotope in archaeological bioapatites from India: Implications to climate change and decline of Bronze Age Harappan civilization". Scientific Reports. 6 (1): 26555. Bibcode:2016NatSR...626555S. doi:10.1038/srep26555. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4879637. PMID 27222033. S2CID 4425978.

[5] DIKSHIT, K.N. (2012). "The Rise of Indian Civilization: Recent Archaeological Evidence from the Plains of 'Lost' River Saraswati and Radio-Metric Dates". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute. 72/73: 1–42. ISSN 0045-9801. JSTOR 43610686.

[bc1995-6] Bowersox & Chamberlin 1995

[7] Alessandro Bongioanni & Maria Croce

[8] Zhang, Sarah (January 9, 2019). "Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.

[CGA-9] "Lapis Lazuli". www.gemstone.org. International Colored Gemstone Association. Archived from the original on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

[10] Senning, Alexander (2007). "lapis lazuli (lazurite)". Elsevier's Dictionary of Chemoetymology. Amsterdam: Elsevier. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-444-52239-9.

[11] Weekley, Ernest (1967). "azure". An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English. New York: Dover Publications. p. 97.

[12] "Lapis lazuli: Mineral information, data and localities". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

[13] "Lazurite: Mineral information, data and localities". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 2020-04-03. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

[14] Boros, E.; Earle, M. J.; Gilea, M. A.; Metlen, A.; Mudring, A.-V.; Rieger, F.; Robertson, A. J.; Seddon, K. R.; Tomaszowska, A. A.; Trusov, L.; Vyle, J. S. (2010). "On the dissolution of non-metallic solid elements (sulfur, selenium, tellurium and phosphorus) in ionic liquids". Chem. Comm. 46 (5): 716–718. doi:10.1039/b910469k. PMID 20087497. Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

[15] Ganio, Monica; Pouyet, Emeline S.; Webb, Samuel M.; Patterson, Catherine M. Schmidt; Walton, Marc S. (2018-03-01). "From lapis lazuli to ultramarine blue: investigating Cennino Cennini's recipe using sulfur K-edge XANES". Pure and Applied Chemistry. 90 (3): 463–475. doi:10.1515/pac-2017-0502. ISSN 1365-3075. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-16.

[16] Reinen, Dirk; Lindner, Gottlieb-Georg (1999-01-01). "The nature of the chalcogen colour centres in ultramarine-type solids". Chemical Society Reviews. 28 (2): 75–84. doi:10.1039/A704920J. ISSN 1460-4744. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-16.

[17] Chivers, Tristram; Elder, Philip J. W. (2013-06-21). "Ubiquitous trisulfur radical anion: fundamentals and applications in materials science, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry and geochemistry". Chemical Society Reviews. 42 (14): 5996–6005. doi:10.1039/C3CS60119F. ISSN 1460-4744. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-16.

[co2003-18] Oldershaw 2003

[19] Read, Peter (2005). Gemmology Archived 2016-11-24 at the Wayback Machine, Elsevier, p. 185. ISBN 0-7506-6449-5.

[20] Lapis lazuli Archived 2019-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, Gemstone Buzz.

[Moorey_1999_86–87-21] Moorey, Peter Roger (1999). Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries: the archaeological evidence. Eisenbrauns. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-1-57506-042-2. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

[22] Monthly, Jewellery (2015-04-02). "A complete guide to Gemstones". Jewellery & Watch Magazine | Jewellery news, jewellery fashion and trends, jewellery designer reviews, jewellery education, opinions | Wrist watch reviews. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-28.

[louvre-23] Claire, Iselin. "Ebih-Il, the Superintendent of Mari". Musée du Louvre. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

[24] [1] Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine Moment of Science site, Indiana Public Media

[25] Alcestis Papademetriou, Mycenae, John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, 2015, p. 32.

[26] Schumann, Walter (2006) [2002]. "Sapphire". Gemstones of the World. trans. Annette Englander & Daniel Shea (Newly revised & expanded 3rd ed.). New York: Sterling. p. 102. In antiquity and as late as the Middle Ages, the name sapphire was understood to mean what is today described as lapis lazuli.

[27] Theophrastus, On Stones (De Lapidibus) – IV-23, translated by D.E. Eichholtz, Oxford University Press, 1965.

[28] Pearlie Braswell-Tripp (2013), Real Diamonds and Precious Stones of the Bible ISBN 978-1-4797-9644-1

[29] "In His Image Devotional Bible" ISBN 978-1-4143-3763-0

[30] "Vermeer's Palette: Natural Ultramarine". Archived from the original on 2021-11-23. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

[31] "Out of the blue: Vermeer's use of ultramarine in Girl with a Pearl Earring". Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-23.

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-As early as the [[7th millennium BC]], lapis lazuli was mined in the [[Sar-i Sang]] mines,<ref name="Ashok Roy 2009">David Bomford and Ashok Roy, ''A Closer Look- Colour'' (2009), National Gallery Company, London, ({{ISBN|978-1-85709-442-8}})</ref> in [[Shortugai]], and in other mines in [[Badakhshan]] province in northeast [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moorey|first=Peter Roger|title=Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: the Archaeological Evidence|year=1999|publisher=Eisenbrauns|isbn=978-1-57506-042-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_Ixuott4doC&q=Lapis+lazuli+++mines+in+the+Badakhshan&pg=PA86|pages=86–87}}</ref>
+As early as the [[7th millennium BC]], lapis lazuli was mined in the [[Sar-i Sang]] mines,<ref name="Ashok Roy 2009">David Bomford and Ashok Roy, ''A Closer Look- Colour'' (2009), National Gallery Company, London, ({{ISBN|978-1-85709-442-8}})</ref> in [[Shortugai]], and in other mines in [[Badakhshan]] province in northeast [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moorey|first=Peter Roger|title=Ancient Mesopotamian Materials and Industries: the Archaeological Evidence|year=1999|publisher=Eisenbrauns|isbn=978-1-57506-042-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_Ixuott4doC&q=Lapis+lazuli+++mines+in+the+Badakhshan&pg=PA86|pages=86–87|access-date=2020-11-08|archive-date=2015-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003232804/https://books.google.com/books?id=P_Ixuott4doC&pg=PA86&dq=Lapis+lazuli+++mines+in+the+Badakhshan&hl=en&ei=sW6_TvWKBIKr8AOTn623BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Lapis lazuli artifacts, dated to 7570 BC, have been found at [[Bhirrana]], which is the oldest site of [[Indus Valley civilisation]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Excavation Bhirrana {{!}} ASI Nagpur|url=http://excnagasi.in/excavation_bhirrana.html|access-date=2020-08-21|website=excnagasi.in}}</ref> Lapis was highly valued by the Indus Valley Civilisation (7570–1900 BC).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sarkar|first1=Anindya|last2=Mukherjee|first2=Arati Deshpande|last3=Bera|first3=M. K.|last4=Das|first4=B.|last5=Juyal|first5=Navin|last6=Morthekai|first6=P.|last7=Deshpande|first7=R. D.|last8=Shinde|first8=V. S.|last9=Rao|first9=L. S.|date=2016-05-25|title=Oxygen isotope in archaeological bioapatites from India: Implications to climate change and decline of Bronze Age Harappan civilization|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|page=26555|doi=10.1038/srep26555|pmid=27222033|pmc=4879637|bibcode=2016NatSR...626555S|s2cid=4425978|issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=DIKSHIT|first=K.N.|title=The Rise of Indian Civilization: Recent Archaeological Evidence from the Plains of 'Lost' River Saraswati and Radio-Metric Dates|date=2012|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|volume=72/73|pages=1–42|jstor=43610686|issn=0045-9801}}</ref> Lapis beads have been found at [[Neolithic]] burials in [[Mehrgarh]], the [[Caucasus]], and as far away as [[Mauritania]].<ref name=bc1995>{{Harvcolnb|Bowersox|Chamberlin|1995}}</ref> It was used in the [[Tutankhamun's mask|funeral mask of Tutankhamun]] (1341–1323 BC).<ref>Alessandro Bongioanni & Maria Croce</ref>
+Lapis lazuli artifacts, dated to 7570 BC, have been found at [[Bhirrana]], which is the oldest site of [[Indus Valley civilisation]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Excavation Bhirrana {{!}} ASI Nagpur|url=http://excnagasi.in/excavation_bhirrana.html|access-date=2020-08-21|website=excnagasi.in|archive-date=2020-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804104933/http://excnagasi.in/excavation_bhirrana.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lapis was highly valued by the Indus Valley Civilisation (7570–1900 BC).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Sarkar|first1=Anindya|last2=Mukherjee|first2=Arati Deshpande|last3=Bera|first3=M. K.|last4=Das|first4=B.|last5=Juyal|first5=Navin|last6=Morthekai|first6=P.|last7=Deshpande|first7=R. D.|last8=Shinde|first8=V. S.|last9=Rao|first9=L. S.|date=2016-05-25|title=Oxygen isotope in archaeological bioapatites from India: Implications to climate change and decline of Bronze Age Harappan civilization|journal=Scientific Reports|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|page=26555|doi=10.1038/srep26555|pmid=27222033|pmc=4879637|bibcode=2016NatSR...626555S|s2cid=4425978|issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=DIKSHIT|first=K.N.|title=The Rise of Indian Civilization: Recent Archaeological Evidence from the Plains of 'Lost' River Saraswati and Radio-Metric Dates|date=2012|journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute|volume=72/73|pages=1–42|jstor=43610686|issn=0045-9801}}</ref> Lapis beads have been found at [[Neolithic]] burials in [[Mehrgarh]], the [[Caucasus]], and as far away as [[Mauritania]].<ref name=bc1995>{{Harvcolnb|Bowersox|Chamberlin|1995}}</ref> It was used in the [[Tutankhamun's mask|funeral mask of Tutankhamun]] (1341–1323 BC).<ref>Alessandro Bongioanni & Maria Croce</ref>
-By the end of the [[Middle Ages]], lapis lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into powder and made into [[ultramarine]], the finest and most expensive of all blue [[pigment]]s. Ultramarine was used by some of the most important artists of the [[Renaissance]] and [[Baroque]], including [[Masaccio]], [[Perugino]], [[Titian]] and [[Vermeer]], and was often reserved for the clothing of the central figures of their paintings, especially the [[Virgin Mary]]. Ultramarine has also been found in [[dental tartar]] of [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[nuns]] and [[scribes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/the-woman-with-lapis-lazuli-in-her-teeth/579760/ |first=Sarah |last=Zhang |publisher=[[The Atlantic]] |date=January 9, 2019 |access-date=May 9, 2020 }}</ref>
+By the end of the [[Middle Ages]], lapis lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was ground into powder and made into [[ultramarine]], the finest and most expensive of all blue [[pigment]]s. Ultramarine was used by some of the most important artists of the [[Renaissance]] and [[Baroque]], including [[Masaccio]], [[Perugino]], [[Titian]] and [[Vermeer]], and was often reserved for the clothing of the central figures of their paintings, especially the [[Virgin Mary]]. Ultramarine has also been found in [[dental tartar]] of [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[nuns]] and [[scribes]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why a Medieval Woman Had Lapis Lazuli Hidden in Her Teeth |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/the-woman-with-lapis-lazuli-in-her-teeth/579760/ |first=Sarah |last=Zhang |publisher=[[The Atlantic]] |date=January 9, 2019 |access-date=May 9, 2020 |archive-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508110154/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/the-woman-with-lapis-lazuli-in-her-teeth/579760/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Major sources==
-Mines in northeast Afghanistan continue to be a major source of lapis lazuli. Important amounts are also produced from mines west of [[Lake Baikal]] in Russia,  and in the [[Andes]] mountains in [[Peru]] which is the source that the [[Inca]] used to carve artifacts and jewelry. Smaller quantities are mined in Pakistan, Italy, Mongolia, the United States, and Canada.<ref name=CGA>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:sapphire&catid=1:gem-by-gem&Itemid=14|title=Lapis Lazuli|publisher=International Colored Gemstone Association|website=www.gemstone.org}}</ref>
+Mines in northeast Afghanistan continue to be a major source of lapis lazuli. Important amounts are also produced from mines west of [[Lake Baikal]] in Russia,  and in the [[Andes]] mountains in [[Peru]] which is the source that the [[Inca]] used to carve artifacts and jewelry. Smaller quantities are mined in Pakistan, Italy, Mongolia, the United States, and Canada.<ref name=CGA>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117:sapphire&catid=1:gem-by-gem&Itemid=14|title=Lapis Lazuli|publisher=International Colored Gemstone Association|website=www.gemstone.org|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=2020-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321162641/https://www.gemstone.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117%3Asapphire&catid=1%3Agem-by-gem&Itemid=14|url-status=live}}</ref>
 ==Etymology==
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 ==Science and uses==
 ===Composition===
-The most important mineral component of lapis lazuli is [[lazurite]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-2330.html|title=Lapis lazuli: Mineral information, data and localities.|website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> (25% to 40%), a blue [[feldspathoid]] [[silicate mineral]] with the formula {{chem|(Na,Ca)|8|(AlSiO|4|)|6|(S,SO|4|,Cl)|1–2|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-2357.html|title=Lazurite: Mineral information, data and localities.|website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> Most lapis lazuli also contains [[calcite]] (white), [[sodalite]] (blue), and [[pyrite]] (metallic yellow). Some samples of lapis lazuli contain [[augite]], [[diopside]], [[enstatite]], [[mica]], [[hauynite]], [[hornblende]], [[nosean]], and sulfur-rich [[löllingite]] ''geyerite''.
+The most important mineral component of lapis lazuli is [[lazurite]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-2330.html|title=Lapis lazuli: Mineral information, data and localities.|website=www.mindat.org|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=2020-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129083053/https://www.mindat.org/min-2330.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (25% to 40%), a blue [[feldspathoid]] [[silicate mineral]] with the formula {{chem|(Na,Ca)|8|(AlSiO|4|)|6|(S,SO|4|,Cl)|1–2|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/min-2357.html|title=Lazurite: Mineral information, data and localities.|website=www.mindat.org|access-date=2020-02-13|archive-date=2020-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403042835/https://www.mindat.org/min-2357.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Most lapis lazuli also contains [[calcite]] (white), [[sodalite]] (blue), and [[pyrite]] (metallic yellow). Some samples of lapis lazuli contain [[augite]], [[diopside]], [[enstatite]], [[mica]], [[hauynite]], [[hornblende]], [[nosean]], and sulfur-rich [[löllingite]] ''geyerite''.
 Lapis lazuli usually occurs in crystalline [[marble]] as a result of [[contact metamorphism]].
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 [[File:Lapis-Lazuli microscope x240.jpg|thumb|upright|Lapis lazuli seen through a microscope (x240 magnification)]]
-The intense blue color is due to the presence of the [[trisulfur]] [[radical anion]] ({{chem|S|3|•−}}) in the crystal.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Boros | first1 = E. | last2 = Earle | first2 = M. J. | last3 = Gilea | first3 = M. A. | last4 = Metlen | first4 = A. | last5 = Mudring | first5 = A.-V. | last6 = Rieger | first6 = F. | last7 = Robertson | first7 = A. J. | last8 = Seddon | first8 = K. R. | last9 = Tomaszowska | first9 = A. A. | last10 = Trusov | first10 = L. | last11 = Vyle | first11 = J. S. | year = 2010 | title = On the dissolution of non-metallic solid elements (sulfur, selenium, tellurium and phosphorus) in ionic liquids | url = https://works.bepress.com/anja_mudring/33/download/| journal = Chem. Comm. | volume = 46 | issue = 5| pages = 716–718 | doi = 10.1039/b910469k | pmid = 20087497 }}</ref> The presence of disulfur  ({{chem|S|2|•−}}) and tetrasulfur ({{chem|S|4|•−}}) radicals can shift the color towards yellow or red, respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ganio |first=Monica |last2=Pouyet |first2=Emeline S. |last3=Webb |first3=Samuel M. |last4=Patterson |first4=Catherine M. Schmidt |last5=Walton |first5=Marc S. |date=2018-03-01 |title=From lapis lazuli to ultramarine blue: investigating Cennino Cennini’s recipe using sulfur K-edge XANES |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2017-0502/html?lang=en |journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry |language=en |volume=90 |issue=3 |pages=463–475 |doi=10.1515/pac-2017-0502 |issn=1365-3075}}</ref> These radical anions substitute for the chloride anions within the [[sodalite]] structure.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reinen |first=Dirk |last2=Lindner |first2=Gottlieb-Georg |date=1999-01-01 |title=The nature of the chalcogen colour centres in ultramarine-type solids |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/1999/cs/a704920j |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |language=en |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=75–84 |doi=10.1039/A704920J |issn=1460-4744}}</ref> The {{chem|S|3|•−}} radical anion exhibits a visible absorption band in the range 595–620 nm with high molar absorptivity, leading to its bright blue color.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chivers |first=Tristram |last2=Elder |first2=Philip J. W. |date=2013-06-21 |title=Ubiquitous trisulfur radical anion: fundamentals and applications in materials science, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry and geochemistry |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/cs/c3cs60119f |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |language=en |volume=42 |issue=14 |pages=5996–6005 |doi=10.1039/C3CS60119F |issn=1460-4744}}</ref>
+The intense blue color is due to the presence of the [[trisulfur]] [[radical anion]] ({{chem|S|3|•−}}) in the crystal.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Boros | first1 = E. | last2 = Earle | first2 = M. J. | last3 = Gilea | first3 = M. A. | last4 = Metlen | first4 = A. | last5 = Mudring | first5 = A.-V. | last6 = Rieger | first6 = F. | last7 = Robertson | first7 = A. J. | last8 = Seddon | first8 = K. R. | last9 = Tomaszowska | first9 = A. A. | last10 = Trusov | first10 = L. | last11 = Vyle | first11 = J. S. | year = 2010 | title = On the dissolution of non-metallic solid elements (sulfur, selenium, tellurium and phosphorus) in ionic liquids | url = https://works.bepress.com/anja_mudring/33/download/ | journal = Chem. Comm. | volume = 46 | issue = 5 | pages = 716–718 | doi = 10.1039/b910469k | pmid = 20087497 | access-date = 2018-04-20 | archive-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170922042128/https://works.bepress.com/anja_mudring/33/download/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The presence of disulfur  ({{chem|S|2|•−}}) and tetrasulfur ({{chem|S|4|•−}}) radicals can shift the color towards yellow or red, respectively.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ganio |first=Monica |last2=Pouyet |first2=Emeline S. |last3=Webb |first3=Samuel M. |last4=Patterson |first4=Catherine M. Schmidt |last5=Walton |first5=Marc S. |date=2018-03-01 |title=From lapis lazuli to ultramarine blue: investigating Cennino Cennini’s recipe using sulfur K-edge XANES |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2017-0502/html?lang=en |journal=Pure and Applied Chemistry |language=en |volume=90 |issue=3 |pages=463–475 |doi=10.1515/pac-2017-0502 |issn=1365-3075 |access-date=2022-06-16 |archive-date=2022-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616174349/https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2017-0502/html?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> These radical anions substitute for the chloride anions within the [[sodalite]] structure.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reinen |first=Dirk |last2=Lindner |first2=Gottlieb-Georg |date=1999-01-01 |title=The nature of the chalcogen colour centres in ultramarine-type solids |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/1999/cs/a704920j |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |language=en |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=75–84 |doi=10.1039/A704920J |issn=1460-4744 |access-date=2022-06-16 |archive-date=2022-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616174412/https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/1999/CS/a704920j |url-status=live }}</ref> The {{chem|S|3|•−}} radical anion exhibits a visible absorption band in the range 595–620 nm with high molar absorptivity, leading to its bright blue color.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chivers |first=Tristram |last2=Elder |first2=Philip J. W. |date=2013-06-21 |title=Ubiquitous trisulfur radical anion: fundamentals and applications in materials science, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry and geochemistry |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/cs/c3cs60119f |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |language=en |volume=42 |issue=14 |pages=5996–6005 |doi=10.1039/C3CS60119F |issn=1460-4744 |access-date=2022-06-16 |archive-date=2022-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616174349/https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/cs/c3cs60119f |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 Lapis takes an excellent polish and can be made into jewellery, carvings, boxes, [[mosaic]]s, ornaments, small statues, and vases. Interior items and finishing buildings can be also made with lapis. Two of the columns framing the  [[iconostasis]] in [[Saint Isaac's Cathedral]] in [[Saint Petersburg]] are built with lapis. During the [[Renaissance]], lapis was ground and processed to make the [[pigment]] [[ultramarine]] for use in [[fresco]]es and [[oil painting]]. Its usage as a pigment in oil paint largely ended during the early 19th century, when a chemically identical synthetic variety became available.
-Lapis lazuli is commercially synthesized or simulated by the Gilson process, which is used to make artificial [[ultramarine]] and [[Hydrate|hydrous]] [[Zinc phosphate|zinc phosphates]].<ref>Read, Peter (2005). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=t-OQO3Wk-JsC&pg=PA185 Gemmology]'', Elsevier, p. 185. {{ISBN|0-7506-6449-5}}.</ref> It may also be substituted by [[spinel]] or [[sodalite]], or by dyed [[jasper]] or [[howlite]].<ref>[http://www.gemstonebuzz.com/lapis-lazuli Lapis lazuli], Gemstone Buzz.</ref>
+Lapis lazuli is commercially synthesized or simulated by the Gilson process, which is used to make artificial [[ultramarine]] and [[Hydrate|hydrous]] [[Zinc phosphate|zinc phosphates]].<ref>Read, Peter (2005). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=t-OQO3Wk-JsC&pg=PA185 Gemmology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124003535/https://books.google.com/books?id=t-OQO3Wk-JsC&pg=PA185 |date=2016-11-24 }}'', Elsevier, p. 185. {{ISBN|0-7506-6449-5}}.</ref> It may also be substituted by [[spinel]] or [[sodalite]], or by dyed [[jasper]] or [[howlite]].<ref>[http://www.gemstonebuzz.com/lapis-lazuli Lapis lazuli] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027192333/http://www.gemstonebuzz.com/lapis-lazuli |date=2019-10-27 }}, Gemstone Buzz.</ref>
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 {{Further information|Art of ancient Egypt#Lapis lazuli}}
 [[File:Cult Image of the God Ptah MET DP142956.jpg|thumb|upright|Ancient Egyptian cult image of [[Ptah]]; 945–600&nbsp;BC; lapis lazuli; height of the figure: 5.2&nbsp;cm, height of the dais: 0.4&nbsp;cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)]]
-Lapis lazuli has been mined in Afghanistan and exported to the Mediterranean world and South Asia since the [[Neolithic]] age,<ref name="Moorey 1999 86–87">{{cite book|last=Moorey|first=Peter Roger|title=Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries: the archaeological evidence|year=1999|publisher=Eisenbrauns|isbn=978-1-57506-042-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_Ixuott4doC&q=Lapis+lazuli+++mines+in+the+Badakhshan&pg=PA86|pages=86–87}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jewellerymonthly.com/what-is-a-gemstone/|title=A complete guide to Gemstones|last=Monthly|first=Jewellery|date=2015-04-02|work=Jewellery & Watch Magazine {{!}} Jewellery news, jewellery fashion and trends, jewellery designer reviews, jewellery education, opinions {{!}} Wrist watch reviews |access-date=2017-08-28|language=en-GB}}</ref> along the ancient trade route between Afghanistan and the [[Indus Valley]], dating to the 7th millennium BC. Quantities of these beads have also been found at 4th millennium BC settlements in Northern [[Mesopotamia]], and at the [[Bronze Age]] site of [[Shahr-e Sukhteh]] in southeast Iran (3rd millennium BC). A dagger with a lapis handle, a bowl inlaid with lapis, amulets, beads, and inlays representing eyebrows and beards, were found in the Royal Tombs of the Sumerian city-state of [[Ur]] from the 3rd Millennium BC.<ref name="Moorey 1999 86–87"/> Stone also known as Lazika Stone.
+Lapis lazuli has been mined in Afghanistan and exported to the Mediterranean world and South Asia since the [[Neolithic]] age,<ref name="Moorey 1999 86–87">{{cite book|last=Moorey|first=Peter Roger|title=Ancient mesopotamian materials and industries: the archaeological evidence|year=1999|publisher=Eisenbrauns|isbn=978-1-57506-042-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_Ixuott4doC&q=Lapis+lazuli+++mines+in+the+Badakhshan&pg=PA86|pages=86–87|access-date=2020-11-08|archive-date=2015-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003232804/https://books.google.com/books?id=P_Ixuott4doC&pg=PA86&dq=Lapis+lazuli+++mines+in+the+Badakhshan&hl=en&ei=sW6_TvWKBIKr8AOTn623BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jewellerymonthly.com/what-is-a-gemstone/|title=A complete guide to Gemstones|last=Monthly|first=Jewellery|date=2015-04-02|work=Jewellery & Watch Magazine {{!}} Jewellery news, jewellery fashion and trends, jewellery designer reviews, jewellery education, opinions {{!}} Wrist watch reviews|access-date=2017-08-28|language=en-GB|archive-date=2017-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828191332/http://www.jewellerymonthly.com/what-is-a-gemstone/|url-status=live}}</ref> along the ancient trade route between Afghanistan and the [[Indus Valley]], dating to the 7th millennium BC. Quantities of these beads have also been found at 4th millennium BC settlements in Northern [[Mesopotamia]], and at the [[Bronze Age]] site of [[Shahr-e Sukhteh]] in southeast Iran (3rd millennium BC). A dagger with a lapis handle, a bowl inlaid with lapis, amulets, beads, and inlays representing eyebrows and beards, were found in the Royal Tombs of the Sumerian city-state of [[Ur]] from the 3rd Millennium BC.<ref name="Moorey 1999 86–87"/> Stone also known as Lazika Stone.
-Lapis was also used in ancient Mesopotamia by the [[Akkadians]], [[Assyria]]ns, and [[Babylonians]] for [[Cylinder seal|seals]] and jewelry. It is mentioned several times in the Mesopotamian poem, the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]] (17th–18th Century BC), one of the oldest known works of literature. The [[Statue of Ebih-Il]], a 3rd millennium BC statue found in the ancient city-state of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] in modern-day [[Syria]], now in the [[Louvre]], uses lapis lazuli inlays for the irises of the eyes.<ref name="louvre">{{cite web|url=http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/ebih-il-superintendent-mari|title=Ebih-Il, the Superintendent of Mari|last=Claire|first=Iselin|publisher=[[Musée du Louvre]]|access-date=10 October 2012}}</ref>
+Lapis was also used in ancient Mesopotamia by the [[Akkadians]], [[Assyria]]ns, and [[Babylonians]] for [[Cylinder seal|seals]] and jewelry. It is mentioned several times in the Mesopotamian poem, the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]] (17th–18th Century BC), one of the oldest known works of literature. The [[Statue of Ebih-Il]], a 3rd millennium BC statue found in the ancient city-state of [[Mari, Syria|Mari]] in modern-day [[Syria]], now in the [[Louvre]], uses lapis lazuli inlays for the irises of the eyes.<ref name="louvre">{{cite web|url=http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/ebih-il-superintendent-mari|title=Ebih-Il, the Superintendent of Mari|last=Claire|first=Iselin|publisher=[[Musée du Louvre]]|access-date=10 October 2012|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230075703/http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/ebih-il-superintendent-mari|url-status=live}}</ref>
-In ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli was a favorite stone for amulets and ornaments such as [[Scarab (artifact)|scarabs]]. Lapis jewellery has been found at excavations of the [[Predynastic Egypt]]ian site [[Naqada]] (3300–3100 BC). At [[Karnak]], the relief carvings of [[Thutmose III]] (1479-1429 BC) show fragments and barrel-shaped pieces of lapis lazuli being delivered to him as tribute. Powdered lapis was used as eyeshadow by [[Cleopatra]].<ref name=bc1995/><ref>[http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/cleopatra-wear-makeup/] Moment of Science site, Indiana Public Media</ref>
+In ancient Egypt, lapis lazuli was a favorite stone for amulets and ornaments such as [[Scarab (artifact)|scarabs]]. Lapis jewellery has been found at excavations of the [[Predynastic Egypt]]ian site [[Naqada]] (3300–3100 BC). At [[Karnak]], the relief carvings of [[Thutmose III]] (1479-1429 BC) show fragments and barrel-shaped pieces of lapis lazuli being delivered to him as tribute. Powdered lapis was used as eyeshadow by [[Cleopatra]].<ref name=bc1995/><ref>[http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/cleopatra-wear-makeup/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224254/http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/cleopatra-wear-makeup/ |date=2013-10-04 }} Moment of Science site, Indiana Public Media</ref>
 Jewelry made of lapis lazuli has also been found at [[Mycenae]] attesting to relations between the Myceneans and the developed civilizations of Egypt and the East.<ref>Alcestis Papademetriou, ''Mycenae'', John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, 2015, p. 32.</ref>
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-[[Johannes Vermeer]] used lapis lazuli.<ref>[http://www.essentialvermeer.com/palette/palette_ultramarine.html Vermeer's Palette: Natural Ultramarine]</ref><ref>[https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-020-00364-5 Out of the blue: Vermeer’s use of ultramarine in Girl with a Pearl Earring]</ref>
+[[Johannes Vermeer]] used lapis lazuli.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.essentialvermeer.com/palette/palette_ultramarine.html |title=Vermeer's Palette: Natural Ultramarine |access-date=2022-06-23 |archive-date=2021-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123183602/http://www.essentialvermeer.com/palette/palette_ultramarine.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-020-00364-5 |title=Out of the blue: Vermeer’s use of ultramarine in Girl with a Pearl Earring |access-date=2022-06-23 |archive-date=2022-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616220009/https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-020-00364-5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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