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AM23 223 Lapis lazuli
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altermaven
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ALTERMAVEN                        2023-09-28 22:25
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NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, "ISN'T LAPIS LAZULI A ROCK AND NOT A GEMSTONE?" YOU'RE RIGHT! LAPIS LAZULI IS FORMED BY OTHER MINERALS, BUT IS OFTEN KNOWN FOR ITS INTENSE BLUE HUES. THIS SEMI-PRECIOUS STONE HAS BEEN USED IN THE FORMATION OF ULTRAMARINE PIGMENT, A VERY EXPENSIVE BLUE PIGMENT.  
  
WHAT LAPIS LAZULI DOES HAVE, HOWEVER, IS A 25-40% CONCENTRATION OF THE MINERAL GEMSTONE LAZURITE, WHICH MAKES UP FOR THE BULK OF LAPIS' BLUE HUE. SOME SAMPLES OF LAPIS ALSO CONTAIN CALCITE FOR WHITISH STREAKS, SODALITE FOR A MORE SOLID BLUE, AND PYRITE FOR YELLOWISH STREAKS.  
  
THE MOST NOTABLE APPLICATION OF ULTRAMARINE IS JOHANNES VEMEER'S "GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING".  
  
THE MOHS HARDNESS OF LAZURITE, THE PRIMARY COMPONENT OF LAPIS LAZULI, IS 5-5.5.

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ALTERMAVEN                        2023-09-28 22:28
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YOU CAN'T UNDO COMMENTS  
THE NAME IS JOHANNES VERMEER :P