High Fashion Inlaid Lapis Sterling Silver Circle of Friends Pendant.

This Inlaid Circle of Friends Pendant is a gorgeous piece of hand crafted jewelry. This pendant holds gorgeous hand cut stones of genuine Lapis. The Royal blue Lapis stones are set in a brilliant display of Sterling Silver. Buy one for each of your friends and wear them out together. Suspended on a complimentary chain, this sensational high quality hand made Sterling Silver Pendant is 1 1/4" in diameter and 1/8 of an inch thick. Stamped Sterling.

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 and was highly prized by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, as can be seen by its prominent use with gold in many of the treasures recovered from pharaonic tombs. It is still extremely popular today. Claims to origins of lapis lazuli range from Afghanistan and ancient Babylon to Peru and the Inca civilization.