15g Lapis Lazuli stone pigment in ceramic jar

15g Lapis Lazuli in ceramic jar (The shape and color of the ceramic jar may vary)
Lapis lazuli, a semi-precious stone found in Afghanistan, was ground into a fine powder to create this exclusive pigment. The intricate process of extracting and refining the pigment made it incredibly rare and expensive.
Lapis Lazuli A deep-blue, semiprecious stone with golden veins, prized since antiquity for its intense color. The first blue pigment to hold its color. Lapis lazuli is the stone from which natural ultramarine pigment is ground. Until the 19th century lapis lazuli was obtained only from mines in what is now northeastern Afghanistan.
Lapis Lazuli pigments are prepared from gem grade rocks. The preparation of the pigment starts with cutting raw rocks to a smaller size and eliminating as much calcite and pyrite as possible. Then the size of rocks is reduced by a jaw crusher into coarse sand. The cleaned Lapis Lazuli sand is further wet milled in a metal free environment to prevent contamination. 
 
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