lapis lazuli
noun
la·pis la·zu·li
ˌla-pəs-ˈla-zə-lē 
-ˈla-zhə-
: a semiprecious stone that is usually rich azure blue and is essentially a complex silicate often with spangles of pyrites
called also lapis
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Around her neck hung two necklaces: a Jewish star with lapis lazuli, and a small gold Celtics logo pendant, which had belonged to her grandfather.
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Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
It comes adorned with emeralds, rubies, lapis lazuli, onyx, black spinel, turquoise, chrysoprase, sapphires, and diamonds and doubles as a clock.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
The scientists also found a lapis lazuli carved puma and a turquoise pendant near the Bolivian side of the lake’s Island of the Sun.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
Another, read with unknowable results for the salvation of Selim the Second’s soul, features whimsical foliage-like shapes interlocked above a deep lapis lazuli background.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2017
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Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
It comes adorned with emeralds, rubies, lapis lazuli, onyx, black spinel, turquoise, chrysoprase, sapphires, and diamonds and doubles as a clock.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
The scientists also found a lapis lazuli carved puma and a turquoise pendant near the Bolivian side of the lake’s Island of the Sun.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
Another, read with unknowable results for the salvation of Selim the Second’s soul, features whimsical foliage-like shapes interlocked above a deep lapis lazuli background.
—Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2017
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lapis lazuli
noun
la·pis la·zu·li
ˌlap-ə-ˈslazh-ə-lē
-ˈslaz-
: a deep blue gemstone
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