A heavenly stone known from ancient times, worthy of imperial palaces and paintings of the greatest artists. Lazurite or lapis lazuli got its name only in the 18th century. Its roots are in the & nbsp; Arabic word azul, which translates as "sky" or "blue." Ancient legend says that when God created the earth, he considered it gloomy and took through the pot of heaven, clouds and water, and, having mixed it, sprayed it. These splashes spread on the ground and turned into beautiful blue drops of lazurite. Crystals are rare, more often they find blue granular masses with glass gloss. This is an opaque brittle aggregate of medium hardness on the Mohs scale - 5 out of 10. It breaks down in hydrochloric acid. Strong heating makes the color of the mineral more saturated. The mineral is classified by decorative and jewelry qualities. How much lasuritis costs is affected by a bright blue color. It varies in varieties from pigeon to violet.
Energy stone from the signs of the Zodiac suits Aquarius, Libra, Fish, Aries. They can use the mineral at any time. Lazurite gives the sign of the Zodiac Sagittarius intuition, smooths out instability in friendship, protects from harmful influence, sharpens minds. Suitable for Libra, less useful to Lions, Scorpions.
Bosses, doctors, practical psychologists, lawyers, writers - this is who fits the stone. With him, they achieved professional peaks and results in research.
Today, lithotherapists advise using the therapeutic properties of lazurite for the following purposes:
- Improving vision to complete recovery - the stone is contemplated several times a day for six to seven minutes.
- Earrings with mineral will make hair thicker, save from baldness.
- Necklace will eliminate insomnia, hypertension, neurosis.
- Radiculitis, asthma will be relieved in the event of attacks by a pendant or brooch made of silver.
- Badakhshan azurite has the properties of healing ulcers.
- Helps with respiratory problems.
- Cleaning the blood.
- The mineral is applied to wounds, burns, other skin injuries for early healing.
- The stone strengthens the mind, activates intuition, erases bad memories.
- Purple mineral is suitable for lovers of philosophy, creative natures. He will awaken inspiration, improve the aura, ennoble thoughts. It will attract luck.
Medium hardness, the fragility of lazurite make it necessary to take care. Otherwise, the texture - the pride of the stone - is easy to break. Stones such as azurite do not tolerate:
impacts, other mechanical effects;
abrupt temperature fluctuation;
dust accumulation;
prolonged sun exposure;
home chemistry.
The structure of the mineral is able to disrupt the new-fashioned cleaning by ultrasound. The jewelry is washed with clean water, wiped with lint-free cloth.
Lazurite is mined in Afghanistan (Badakhshan), in Russia (South Baikal), Argentina, Chile, USA, Myanmar, Tajikistan Baikal Lazurite is not inferior in quality to Badakhshan, and Pamir is distinguished by lighter shades and is valued lower.