Learn about the factors that make lapis lazuli so desirable.

Learn about lapis lazuli's durability and how to care for your lapis lazuli jewelry.

Lapis lazuli is a rock, which means it’s an aggregate of several minerals. This ancient gem contains three minerals in varying amounts: lazurite, calcite, and pyrite. Sometimes, it also contains one or more of the following: diopside, amphibole, feldspar, and mica.

Historians believe the link between humans and lapis lazuli stretches back more than 6,500 years.