April 19, 2024
Rare Lapis Lazuli---->Sar-E-Seng--->Premium++! BIG Slab
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From the Sar-E-Sang deposits that are up the side of the fabled Blue Mountain in the Kokcha valley in Afghanistan comes this top grade Premium specimen. The Best Lapis Lazuli has been mined in this isolated area for over 4,000 years. The Sar-E-Sang deposits lie far up the steep mountain slopes. Narrow footpaths lead to the great veins in the cliff face-now t are some actual shafts dug in. In ancient times the Lapis was collected by building great fires in front of the face of the cliff. After a day or 2, when the rock was extremely hot, water would be thrown on the cliff. This would splinter great hunks of Lapis from the mountain and the pieces would be hauled down with donkeys.The rich history of this gem is well documented from the time of the first Pharohs. In the Middle Ages Lapis Lazuli was ground up and used as a pigment for the paint used in the famous Illustrated Manuscripts the monks of that time crafted. It was used to create the Blue in the sky and water portions of the Manuscripts. This is the source of the color-name Azure. Lapis is a mineral comprised of of Azurite, Pyrite and the Evil Calcite. NOT all Lapis is from the Sar-E-Sang deposits. I see some other folks have picked up on the name of the locality-Ah cute. This Big Beauty has plenty of GEM material, most of it as a matter of fact. But as a specimen as a whole
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