23 inch High Fashion Inlaid Lapis Sterling Silver Link Chain Necklace.

This Inlaid Lapis and Sterling Silver Necklace is a gorgeous piece of hand crafted jewelry. This necklace holds gorgeous hand cut stones of genuine Lapis. This Lapis appears in a brilliant display of Sterling Silver. The Lapis and the Sterling Silver channels come together to create traditional southwestern geometric designs. This sensational high quality Sterling Silver Necklace is 23-1/2" long.

Lapis lazuli is a beautiful opaque stone ranging in color from a deep blue to denim. Lapis lazuli can be made of several minerals besides lazurite, namely sodalite, hauyne, calcite (white streaks), and pyrite (metallic streaks or flecks). Stones that are deep blue with small patches of pyrite and calcite are considered the most valuable. The ancients believed that divine favor and success came to those wearing lapis. It was largely reserved for royalty. Claims to origins of lapis lazuli range from Afghanistan and ancient Babylon to Peru and the Inca civilization. Regardless, those who wore lapis claimed that "power amulets" were formed when this beautiful stone was shaped into the form of an eye and ornamented with gold.