Item Number
2102
Type
image
Description
lapis
Size
9x5
Status
Out of Inventory
Notes
Lapis lazuli is not a mineral, but rather a metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. It acquires its blue color from lazurite, a blue silicate mineral of the sodalite group. In addition, specimens usually contain calcite and pyrite. Sodalite, hauyne, wollastonite, afghanite, mica, dolomite, diopside, and other minerals might also be present. To be called "lapis lazuli," a rock must have a distinctly blue color and contain at least 25% lazurite.
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Description
Lapis lazuli is not a mineral, but rather a metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. It acquires its blue color from lazurite, a blue silicate mineral of the sodalite group. In addition, specimens usually contain calcite and pyrite. Sodalite, hauyne, wollastonite, afghanite, mica, dolomite, diopside, and other minerals might also be present. To be called "lapis lazuli," a rock must have a distinctly blue color and contain at least 25% lazurite.
Keywords
lapis Lapis lazuli is not a mineral, but rather a metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. It acquires its blue color from lazurite, a blue silicate mineral of the sodalite group. In addition, specimens usually contain calcite and pyrite. Sodalite, hauyne, wollastonite, afghanite, mica, dolomite, diopside, and other minerals might also be present. To be called "lapis lazuli, " a rock must have a distinctly blue color and contain at least 25% lazurite. Mineral
Keywords
lapis Lapis lazuli is not a mineral, but rather a metamorphic rock composed of multiple minerals. It acquires its blue color from lazurite, a blue silicate mineral of the sodalite group. In addition, specimens usually contain calcite and pyrite. Sodalite, hauyne, wollastonite, afghanite, mica, dolomite, diopside, and other minerals might also be present. To be called "lapis lazuli, " a rock must have a distinctly blue color and contain at least 25% lazurite. Mineral