Lapis lazuli also known as just lapis is a deep blue semi-precious stone that has been prized since its discovery for its exquisite intense deep blue color. Lapis lazuli was first mined six thousand years ago in the Sar-i Sang mines and in other mines in the Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan. Its name comes from the Latin word lapis, meaning “stone,” and the Arabic word azul, which means “blue.” At the end of the Middle period, lapis lazuli began to be exported to Europe, where it was grounded into powder form and made into ultramarine, the most expensive and finest of all blue pigments widely used during the Renaissance in frescoes and oil painting. Afghanistan was the only source of lapis stone for the ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations and later as well as for the Greeks and Romans. …show more content…
In present times, lapis is also extracted in the Andes and to the west of Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, at the Tultui Lazurite deposit. It is mined in smaller amounts in Angola, Argentina, Burma, Canada, Italy, and India and in the USA in California and Colorado. Mines in northeast Pakistan and Afghanistan are the major source of lapis lazuli. Lapis lazuli is not a single mineral infact it’s not a mineral at all. It’s a rock which is made up of combination of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite, with small amounts of other minerals. Lapis trade grades are based on color and the presence or absence of pyrite and calcite. Today in the market, Lapis lazuli is traded in order of their value such as the Persian or the Afghan stone is uniform, intense, slightly violetish in color and medium dark with little or no pyrite and calcite making it one of the rarest and most expensive lapis. In order of cost, the Russian or the Siberian lapis comes
Out of the United States, Alabama was rated sixteenth among the states because of their industrial minerals produced. The industrial minerals that were produced were limestone, lime, dolomite, crushed stone, marble, building stone, sand, gravel, chalk, clay, shale, kaolin, bauxite, bentonite, fuller’s earth, fireclay, recovered sulfur, salt, and mica. In 2007, Alabama’s value of industrial minerals was about two percent of the national mineral production. In 1998, Alabama was ranked second in the nation because of their production of lime and clays. The state proceeded on to be third in bentonite, fourth in kaolin and masonry cement, and eighth in salt production in the United States. However, with the development of an operation in Micaville, Alabama was nationally ranked second in the production of mica. (Minerals in the Economy of Alabama, 1)
This paper will employ a close visual analysis of the White-Ground Lekythos, which is attributed to the Reed Painter circa 450-400 B.C.E. on ceramic with paint.
The sculpture is done in a monochromatic brown hue. It depicts a valiant centaur with a Lapith woman slung over his shoulder. A Lapith...
The Louisiana Purchase was the most influential and important land purchases in American history. The acquired land in this historical purchase proved to far outweigh what most Americans at the time could imagine. The Louisiana Purchase more than doubled the size of the United States, and lead to many great discoveries and societal benefits. Some of the major and most prominent ways that the Louisiana Purchase influenced the evolution of American were the expeditions of Louis and Clark on the newly acquired westward territory, increase in the countries resources, which in turn increased in trade and resulted in a richer, more economically stable country, and it also played a very pivotal role in the relationship with African Americans, which still is remembered and prevalent in today's society.
Cajun cuisine is a fusion of food from different regions with very rich histories, such as France, Canada, and the southern U.S. It was originated by peasants of French ancestry. These immigrants settled in the "Acadian" region of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia from 1604 to 1654. By 1755, the population of these settlers had grown to about 15,000. They survived on cereal crops such as wheat, barley and oats, and garden vegetables including field peas, cabbage, and turnips. This diet was supplemented by domestic livestock, wild game, and fish. (History of the Cajuns. (2001). www.terrebonneparish.com)
Contact, whether with those around us or those out in space, involves an image in one’s mind of the other being different. What Stanislaw Lem states in Solaris is that contact between humans and extra-terrestrial life is impossible until we change not only that mentality, but our reluctance to accept differences in one another.
In the mists of immigration many face similar struggles just by having to a new environment. Although through the idealisms presented in Lahiri’s short stories, “A Temporary Matter” and the “Interpreter of Maladies” convey the common controversies through miscommunication and the obstacles faced over maintaining sustainanilty within one’s everyday relationships. Thus, from these principles presented throughout the novel, conveys how one can undergo these conflicts no matter what their circumstances are.
Mount Pelée is composed mainly of hardened volcanic material. The volcanic rocks that Mount Pelée lies on are predominately composed of andesites with subordinates of dacites. This type of geochemistry is often very common throughout island arc calc-alkaline rocks. Based on the eruption style of Mount Pelée the volcanic material can be subdivided into different products. Roobol (1976) stated these four different groupings:
. Jade, as known as Nephrite or Jadeite, is a glassy yet tough stone that has been revered by the Chinese Culture for centuries. Jade has been mined and carved into weapons, tools or into other pieces since the Neolithic Period till current day China. Jade is extremely important to the Chinese that they have a Proverb that goes as the following, “Gold has a price; Jade is priceless” (ElectraStone). This indicates that Jade is evaluated so much more differently than all the other expensive metals and gemstones. “Both Jadeite and Nephrite jade are stones formed of interlocking microcrystals” (ElectraStone). This makes Jade come in all different shapes and sizes. This process allows it to have impurities that will always create a different
Robert Lucas was born in Yakima, Washington on September 15, 1937. He was the oldest child of his father, Robert Emerson Lucas and his mother, Jane Templeton Lucas. He had a sister named Jenepher who was born in 1939 and a brother named Peter who was born in 1940. His parents moved from Seattle to Yakima to open a small ice cream shop which they named The Lucas Ice Creamery. The restaurant eventually fell in about 1938. The family moved back to Seattle during World War 2. His father found a job as a steamfitter in the shipyards, and his mother worked as a fashion artist. Lucas’s younger brother, Daniel, was born in 1948. After World War 2, Lucas’s father found a job as a welder for a commercial refrigerator company named Lewis Refrigeration where he eventually became the President of the company.
Hussaini Jewellers is a registered firm started in 1973. This store is located in main sadder along with seventeen other Jewellery shop operating in the same vicinity. Hussaini Jewellers manufactures all types of jewellery items which includes diamond jewellery as well. They are specialist in colored stones specifically Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire and Pearls. With years of experience in this field they have developed a strong manufacturing network for all kinds of work. They have a specialist for every type of work to maintain a quality which builds loyalty amongst its customers. According to Mr Huzefa
Many countries that give out these illegal rocks do not give the respect or compassion to their workers.“... major human rights abuses and child labour, or are beset with corruption” (Dunn). To the topic this connects because people that live in the country are being forced to work in the mines searching for these diamonds. The problem for the workers was that they were not suited for the workload they were expected to go off of. “...for the KP definition of the conflict diamonds to include ‘blood diamonds’ --or those
In 1999, Arvind Mill Company was in troubled waters owing to the strategic decision to undertake a massive expansion of its denim production capacity taken in 1998. The fund for huge expansion plan was arranged in form of loans from Indian as well as overseas financial institutions. Subsequently the company had to face a lot of problem in repaying the loans, increase in the burden of interests, financial problems due to huge losses and surging debt burden. Sanjay Lalbhai, CMD of the company was exposed to surmounting pressure from shareholders and lenders alike with the expectation to reinvent the brilliance in performance which has been hallmark of the company
When people think of Iasi, they think of strong and diverse higher education system, powerful research and development, and of a vast poll of cultural and architectural treasures. These make the city the recognized spiritual capital of Romania. But Iasi is more than universities and spiritual treasures. Iasi does not only belong to its inhabitants. It has the rare and hardly acquired privilege of being everyone's. It is not only the metaphysical city of tolls, hills and monuments but also the town with the highest density of poets and museums in South-Eastern Europe. Former capital of Moldavia, it is a city which has a real vocation for history.
Natives in the country of Sierra Leone, Africans were constantly around these diamonds and couldn't probably care less. They were as unappealing as the rocks on the side of the road. Europeans then made their way into this country and one five-letter word took over them completely. This five-letter word is GREED. They basically "lost it" and began what was soon to be this horrible mistreatment of Africans. The diamonds were discovered in the 1930"s and the African who dug and excavated to find these rocks were basically not being paid anything but needless to say merchants and even these heartless rebels were kicking back, relaxing as the money poured in for them left, and right. The Europeans then figured out that this stone was the perfect way of currency. The diamond is extremely valuable and can be great in exchange for things such as ammunition so that...