<p>(public display, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
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This attractive object is carved from lapis lazuli, a rare metamorphic rock dominated by a blue feldspathoid mineral called lazurite, (Na,Ca)8(AlSiO4)6(SO4,S,Cl)2 - sodium calcium chloro-sulfo-aluminosilicate-sulfate.  The highest-quality lapis lazuil on Earth is from the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan.  Other lapis occurrences are Chile and Russia.
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