CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The first blue pigment to hold its color was often prized over gold. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was ground into an iridescent pigment, sometimes called ultramarine, that ...

My dad is a geologist and named me after a rock. Lajward is another name for the semi-precious stone known as lapis lazuli. I've never met anyone with my name, and probably never will. I have gotten ...

Zenith produces some of the most impressive mechanical watch movements on the planet, mostly built on its legendary El Primero chronograph. However, the true beauty of the Chronomaster Original Triple ...

Lapis is a material so ancient that its name simply means “stone.” In antiquity, lapis was the most valuable gemstone of all, prized for its scarcity as much as its looks. “Whole economies were built ...

Lapis can only be mined with a pickaxe that's equal or more advanced than one that's stone. It's found in the middle and low layers of the Earth and drops up to eight pieces. Lapis is most often used ...