Lapis with Ethiopian Cross (17-37)

The Lapis Beads on this necklace are a softer blue, almost cloudy not the intense Lapis Blue normally seen.
This necklace measures 16.25″ in length with a cross measuring 2″ in length.

Ethiopian Crosses: “Meskel” were cast in ‘Lost Wax’ or carved out of old coins. Crosses are named after the different towns in which they are carved.

Lapis Lazuli: Prized by the earliest inhabitants of India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Egypt, Lapis Lazuli consists of grains of several blue minerals. The flecks visible on it are gold deposits from mines. Lapis was called “the heavenly stone” by early Egyptians because it resembled the color if the sky.