Traditional Genuine Lapis Cross Pendant Inlaid Sterling Silver Jewelry

This Traditional Genuine Lapis Cross Pendant Inlaid Sterling Silver Jewelry is a colorful piece of hand made jewelry. This is high in fashion and quality. This pendant features some beautifully hand crafted inlay work. Hand cut stones of genuine Lapis delivers a fashionable design to this pendant. These gemstone pieces have been inlaid together into unique and simple patterns in shimmering Sterling Silver. The Sterling Silver features a traditional lost wax image of the cross. Non Indian made. Suspended from a complimentary chain, this cross pendant is 1-3/8" long. Stamped Sterling. You will be receiving one of the items in the pictures below.

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.