{"id":24152,"date":"2021-02-01T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T19:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platearjewels.com\/?p=24152"},"modified":"2021-02-24T02:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T09:46:44","slug":"lapis-lazuli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/lapis-lazuli\/","title":{"rendered":"Lapis Lazuli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Origin-:<\/u><\/strong> <strong>A.Boetus de Boodt, 1636<\/strong>, Gemm Lapid hist. t page 273. It is said to be derived from the latin word \u201cLapis\u201d the persian <strong>\u201cLazhward\u201d, <\/strong>meaning <strong>Blue.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Colour-: <\/u><\/strong>Royal Blue with gold flecks of pyrite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Hardness-:<\/u><\/strong> 5.5 on the Mohs scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Birthstone-:<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp; September and December (Ancient)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Zodiac sign-:<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp; Aquarius, Taurus(Ancient)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Occurrence-:<\/u><\/strong> Lapis lazuli can be found in Chile, The Soviet Union, The United State, but most significantly <strong>from mountains of Afghanistan<\/strong>. Lapis rough are also mined in Angola, Mongolia, California, Canada, Burma and Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Metaphysical Properties-:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stone of protection.<\/li><li>Lapis lazuli quickly releases stress bringing deep peace.<\/li><li>It brings harmony and deep inner self-knowledge.<\/li><li>Encourages&nbsp; self-awareness and loss self-expression and reveals in a truth providing qualities of honesty and compassion.<\/li><li>Lapis lazuli inspires confidence.<\/li><li>It bonds relationships aiding in expression of feelings and emotions.<\/li><li>It boosts the immune system, purifies blood, lowers blood pressure, cooling and soothing areas of inflammation.<\/li><li>It alleviates insomnia vertigo and overcomes depression.<\/li><li>Lapis lazuli benefits the respiratory and nervous system and the throat vocal cords and thyroid, cleanses&nbsp; organs, bone marrow and thymus.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong><u>Treatments-:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>These are dying, waxing, oiling and plastic impregnation that gives it a polished look.<\/li><li>Dying enhances the colour of the gem temporarily. The colour can actually come off when the gem is rubbed with a nail polish remover.<\/li><li>The effect caused by waxing and oiling treatment can deteriorate when the gem is exposed to heat or sunlight.<\/li><li>It is always advisable to get the gem tested from any reputed&nbsp; gemological laboratory before actually making the purchase.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Origin-: A.Boetus de Boodt, 1636, Gemm Lapid hist. t page 273. It is said to be derived from the latin word \u201cLapis\u201d the persian \u201cLazhward\u201d, meaning Blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24240,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24152\/revisions\/24240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platear.in\/platearjewels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}