Excellent quality, unique piece!
Hand Crafted stunning genuine Lapis Lazuli Gemstone bowl decorated from Afghanistan. It’s a piece of art, and this stunning bowl is a visual delight and a piece of treasure in itself.
Origin: Badakhshan Afghanistan
*Diameter of this bowl is 8.3″ Inches or 21 Cm
WEIGHT: Around 870 g
THIS IS A PATCHWORK PUT TOGETHER WITH HIGHLY CRAFTSMANSHIP SKILL.
Lapis Lazuli is an incredibly rare gemstone. Its complicated chemical makeup requires ideal geological conditions for formation. Thus, lapis lazuli is mostly found in Afghanistan and Chile. Only these mines produce commercial-grade lapis lazuli.
The Hindukush mountain range borders the northern Afghan deposit, Sar-E-Sang. 4,000 meters high. Lapis lazuli was mined there for almost 7,000 years. The mountaintop mine is snow-covered and hot in summer. Wolves live in the sparsely populated area. Political insecurity in Afghanistan has reduced lapis lazuli exports from this region.
Both lapis types are high-quality, yet they differ. Afghan lapis lazuli has a deep blue tint with gold specks but few white or grey streaks like Chilean lapis. Because it has more blue-violet lazurite to compensate for other minerals like calcite, Afghan lapis is sometimes softly violet.
The photos are captured using natural light and are listed without any modifications.
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