Item Number
534
Type
image
Description
Lapis
Size
13
Status
in inventory
Display/Storage
Storage
Building
Zuhl Library
Original Site
Chile
Date Acquired
1995
Gallery/Room\Floor
Cage
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. 4x4x4
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. 1995 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. 1995 Mineral