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	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. Modern translations of the Bible, such as the New Living Translation Second Edition, refer to lapis lazuli in most instances instead of sapphire.		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. Modern translations of the Bible, such as the New Living Translation Second Edition, refer to lapis lazuli in most instances instead of sapphire.

			==Spiritual beliefs==
			Lapis is the stone of [[Kedemel]], the nocturnal [[Venus\|venusian]] planetary spirit corresponding to the constellation [[Taurus]].

			Lapis Lazuli was used by healers, priests, and royalty to stimulate psychic abilities and awaken their inner vision. It represents universal truth. Lapis quickly releases stress, allowing for peace and serenity.

			When placed over the Third Eye, it expands awareness and conscious attunement to the intuitive self.

	==In culture==		==In culture==

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[[File:Islamic Talisman.jpg|350px|thumb|Islamic [[talisman]] made of lapis lazuli in a gold setting]]
'''Lapis lazuli''' is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

==Distribution==
Lapis lazuli is found in limestone in the Kokcha River valley of Badakhshan province in north-eastern Afghanistan, where the Sar-i Sang mine deposits have been worked for more than 6,000 years. Afghanistan was the source of lapis for the ancient Persian, [[Egyptian religion|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.

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.

==Uses==
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. 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.

==Ancient Egypt==
[[File:CairoEgMuseumTaaMaskMostlyPhotographed.jpg|350px|thumb|Funerary mask of King Tut]]
In ancient [[Egyptian religion|Egypt]], lapis lazuli was a favorite stone for [[amulet]]s 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. Pieces of lapis were used in the funeral mask of [[Tutankhamun]].

[[Ra]], the Egyptian [[sun]] god, was said to have hair made of lapis lazuli.

==Biblical==
There are many references to "[[sapphire]]" in the [[Bible|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. Modern translations of the Bible, such as the New Living Translation Second Edition, refer to lapis lazuli in most instances instead of sapphire.

==In culture==
Johannes Vermeer used lapis lazuli paint, in the ''Girl with a Pearl Earring'' painting.

The poet, [[W.B. Yeats|William Butler Yeats]], describes a figurine of sculpted lapis lazuli in a poem entitled "Lapis Lazuli." The sculpture of three men from China, a bird, and a musical instrument serves in the poem as a reminder of "gaiety" in the face of tragedy.

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