lapis

[lap-is, ley-pis]

noun

plural

lapides 

1. (italics),  stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)

2. lapis lazuli.

Example Sentences

Hard to say, but a gold and gilt copper “Throne of Eucharistic Exposition,” shown with a gold and lapis lazuli crucifix mounted on a ball of lapis, and a spiky gold monstrance buried in gems, all made in Naples in the mid-18th century, are contenders because of their fusion of extravagance and elegance.

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The boy king's gold-covered sarcophagus and his burial mask, inlaid with lapis lazuli, will take centre stage at Saturday's opening.

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An image of the gold band adorned with spherical lapis lazuli beads had been circulated to all Egyptian airports, seaports and land border crossings as a precaution to prevent it being smuggled out of the country, it said.

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The rare gold band, adorned with spherical lapis lazuli beads, dates back to the reign of King Amenemope, a pharaoh of ancient Egypt's 21st Dynasty who ruled from 993 to 984BC.

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Pigments made of minerals including hematite and rocks like lapis lazuli are ground into nanoparticles and suspended in silica, resembling “melted glass,” as Magaloni describes.

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