Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Tourmaline, Vivianite

Genuine Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Tourmaline, Vivianite.
Natural honey watercolors in 1/2 pans. Handmade.
 
Malachite
Perhaps the earliest copper ore, having been mined in Sinai and the eastern deserts of ancient Egypt as early as 3000 BC, malachite is a green copper carbonate hydroxide. It was used as an eye paint, a pigment for wall paint, in glazes and in glass coloring.
In the 19th century, huge deposits in the Ural Mountains of Russia supplied large amounts of malachite to Europe.
 
Lapis Lazuli
A deep-blue, semi precious 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. 
 
A deep blue, semi precious stone with golden veins, appreciated since ancient times for its intense color. The first blue pigment to retain its color. Lapis lazuli is the stone from which the natural ultramarine pigment is ground. Until the 19th century, lapis lazuli was only obtained from mines in present-day northeastern Afghanistan.
Lapis lazuli pigments are prepared from gem grade rocks. Preparation of the pigment begins with cutting the raw rocks to a smaller size and removing as much calcite and pyrite as possible. Then the size of the rocks is reduced by a jaw crusher into a coarse sand. Clean lapis lazuli sand is further wet ground in a metal-free environment to prevent contamination.
 
Vivianite
Vivianite, Blue ocher, natural mineral indigo, a naturally occurring pale blue earth pigment composed of ferrous phosphate, owes its name to John Henry Vivian, who discovered the mineral at Wheal Kind in St Agnes, Cornwall.
This pigment is insoluble in water and typically manifests as dark indigo-blue to blackish green crystals, often found alongside pyrite and copper. Vivianite can also be found in an earthy form, commonly associated with bones, decaying wood, and other organic, phosphate-rich environments like peat bogs and clay beds.
 
Until recently, the use of vivianite as a blue pigment was known only in the 12/13th centuries in art works mainly from Germany and the British Isles. The pigment has been identified in medieval painting and decorating architectural elements in Germany, England, Sweden, and Norway. Ferrous phosphate was used as a pigment called blue ocher by the School of Cologne in the 13th and 14th centuries. The earthy form of the pigment has also been identified in Dutch 17th century painting (Johannes Vermeer’s famous painting The Procuress (1656)). Vivianite has also been used as a pigment, and the number of published occurrences has been increasing steadily over the last few years.
 
We only use pure gemstones to create watercolors, no volume augmentation with marble or calcite additions, no color intensity enhancers with artificial pigments. The processing times and the costs of the real stones allow us to make only a few trays at a time.
 
Tourmaline
 is a fairly common mineral. Numerous mines exist whose primary purpose is finding gem-quality Tourmaline. Green Tourmaline’s energy works well with its family – other Cyclosilicate minerals. 
 
In this set we use only pure gemstone to create the watercolor, no volume increase with marble or calcite additions, no color intensity boosters with manmade pigments. The processing time and the costs of genuine stones allows us to create only few pans at time. We regularly submit orders for dispatch within 1-3 days. 
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