Lapis Lazuli Beads | Lapis Stone | Smooth Round | 16mm $50-$75 mined exclusively in the Andes

mined exclusively in the Andes mountains

but these Oregon opals have a charm all their own

The famous saying states that the beauty is in the eye of the observer

The September birthstone is also called the "fire starter

Lapis Lazuli Beads | Lapis Stone | Smooth Round | 16mm $50-$75 mined exclusively in the AndesThese lapis lazuli beads resemble tiny blue worlds where one could easily imagine an ultramarine paradise. The lapis stone gets its moniker from both Latin "lapis" and Arabic "lahzuward" meaning "stone" and "blue," respectively, and many other languages have based their words for blue, azur in Spanish, azuriu in Russian, azzurro in Italian, on the Arabic "lahzuward." The lapis stone is so famous that its pigment was chosen to represent the color of