Lapis Lazuli Photos   
Cochise College               
Photos of Minerals
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Roger Weller, geology instructor

[email protected]    copyright 2010-R.Weller

 
lapis from Chile-1
Lapis lazuli is also known as lazurite and is a sodium aluminum silicate with
sulfur.  This mineral used to be ground up to make the paint pigment
ultramarine.  In gem form there are often inclusions of small pyrite crystals.

 

lapis
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Just credit photos to R.Weller/Cochise College.


Lapis in memory of Ray Dunn