Lapis Lazuli
by Natural History Museum, London/science Photo Library
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Lapis Lazuli
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Natural History Museum, London/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Lapis lazuli. Specimen of lapis lazuli (sodium calcium aluminium silicate sulphur sulphate) with one polished face. Lapis lazuli is a rock containing the mineral lazurite, which gives it a deep blue colour, and also flecks of the golden-yellow mineral pyrite (iron sulphide). This specimen is from Persia.
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October 3rd, 2018
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