lapis lazuli
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Flask in lapis lazuli with chain in gilded copper, from the late 16th century. (Museo degli Argenti, Pitti Palace, Florence).
Rock containing the blue mineral lazurite in a matrix of white calcite with small amounts of other minerals. It occurs in silica-poor igneous rocks and metamorphic limestones found in Afghanistan, Siberia, Iran, and Chile. Lapis lazuli was a valuable pigment of the Middle Ages, also used as a gemstone and in inlaying and ornamental work.
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