enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Azure spar - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_spar

    Azure spar, sometimes azur-spar (German: Lazur spath, Blau spath) is a trivial and commercial, partly obsolete name for several of the most famous bright blue or blue-colored minerals, which also have similar names, most notably for lazurite and azurite, [1]: 14 and also for the less commonly used lazulite.

  3. Lazurite - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazurite

    Lazurite is a pigment (opalescent) and has a bright blue streak (especially as a component of the semiprecious stone lapis lazuli). Many hauynes have a white or pale blue streak and are translucent. Many hauynes have a white or pale blue streak and are translucent.

  4. Lapis lazuli - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_Lazuli

    Lapis lazuli (UK: / ˌ l æ p ɪ s ˈ l æ z (j) ʊ l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ʊ-,-ˌ l i /; US: / ˈ l æ z (j) ə l i, ˈ l æ ʒ ə-,-ˌ l i /), or lapis for short, is a deep-blue metamorphic rock used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color.

  5. Les Bijoux (comics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Bijoux_(comics)

    Lapis Lazuli. The main character, a being who can switch gender, born to a Spar (slave) couple of a dwarf and a hunchback woman in Neige Mine. Given the complete name of "Lapis Lazuli," "Lapis" refers to the time when the protagonist is male and "Lazuli" when female. From the time s/he was born, Lapis has to deal with his/her unique physical ...

  6. Lapidary - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapidary

    Lapidary (from the Latin lapidarius) is the practice of shaping stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems (including cameos), and faceted designs. A person who practices lapidary is known as a lapidarist. A lapidarist uses the lapidary techniques of cutting, grinding, and polishing.

  7. Imports to Ur - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imports_to_Ur

    Lapis Lazuli is the best known and well-documented gemstone at Ur and in Mesopotamia in general. In the royal cemetery lapis lazuli is found as jewelry, plaques and amulets , and as inlays in gaming boards, musical instruments, and ostrich-egg vessels as well as parts of larger sculptural groups such as the "Ram in a Thicket" and as the beard ...

  8. In the race for holiday shoppers' dollars, Amazon is setting ...

    www.aol.com/race-holiday-shoppers-dollars-amazon...

    The next day, Walmart and Best Buy each followed suit by the exact same amount. By Nov. 7, Amazon’s listing had inched up by $10, to 189.99, but Best Buy lowered its price further, to $169.99 ...

  9. Ultramarine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultramarine

    Ultramarine is a deep blue color pigment which was originally made by grinding lapis lazuli into a powder. [2] Its lengthy grinding and washing process makes the natural pigment quite valuable—roughly ten times more expensive than the stone it comes from and as expensive as gold.