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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. [20] Afghanistan was the source of lapis for the ancient Persian, Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, as well as the later Greeks and Romans.
Another Sar-e Sang Lazurite crystal, with the classic deep azure-blue color. Crystal is 4.5 cm wide. Sar-i Sang (or Sar-e Sang) (lit. "stone summit" in Persian) is a settlement in the Kuran Wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, famous for its ancient lapis lazuli mines producing the world's finest lapis. [1]
Dragon's Blood, sometimes called Australian bloodstone, is composed of red jasper and green epidote. The name heliotrope derives from ancient beliefs about the manner in which the mineral reflects light. Such notions are described, for example, by Pliny the Elder (Nat. Hist. 37.165). [1]
Crystal aggregate (lapis lazuli from Afghanistan) In geology, particularly in mineralogy and petrology, an aggregate is a mass of mineral crystals, mineraloid particles or rock particles. [1] [2] Examples are dolomite, which is an aggregate of crystals of the mineral dolomite, [3] and rock gypsum, an aggregate of crystals of the mineral gypsum. [4]
A Michigan doctor and his wife are accused of locking their 10-year-old son with special needs in a closet for hours a day over several months, at times forcing him to clean his own feces.. It's ...
Usha and JD share three children: Ewan Blaine, 7, Vivek, 4, and Mirabel Rose, 3. Ewan Blaine was born in June 2017. Vivek was born in February 2020.
Craigleith, an island in Scotland, composed of essexite. Essexite (/ ˈ ɛ s ə k ˌ s aɪ t /), also called nepheline monzogabbro (/ ˈ n ɛ f ə ˌ l ɪ n ˌ m ɒ n z oʊ ˈ ɡ æ b r oʊ,-ˌ l iː n-/ [1] [2]), is a dark gray or black holocrystalline plutonic igneous rock.
Thinning blood and therefore making clots less likely is a definite pro for those who are at higher risk of cardiovascular issues. But that doesn't make aspirin a prime candidate for everyone.