lapis lazuli

Summary

lapis lazuli has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• stone is named after lapis lazuli^[2].
• sky is named after lapis lazuli^[3].
• lapis lazuli is a type of metamorphic rock^[4].
• lapis lazuli is a type of sapphire^[5].
• lapis lazuli's Commons category is recorded as Lapis lazuli^[6].
• lapis lazuli's color is recorded as blue^[7].
• lapis lazuli's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lapis lazuli^[8].
• lapis lazuli's Commons gallery is recorded as Lapis Lazuli (minerals)^[9].
• lapis lazuli's product or material produced is recorded as ultramarine^[10].
• lapis lazuli's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+5.5'}^[11].
• lapis lazuli's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[12].
• lapis lazuli's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• lapis lazuli's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[14].
• lapis lazuli's different from is recorded as lazulite^[15].
• lapis lazuli's different from is recorded as lazurite^[16].
• lapis lazuli's hashtag is recorded as lapislazuli^[17].
• lapis lazuli's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Gemology and Jewelry^[18].
• lapis lazuli's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Materials^[19].
• lapis lazuli's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Afghanistan^[20].
• lapis lazuli's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Pakistan^[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include metamorphic rock^[4] and sapphire^[5].

Origins

Things named after include stone^[2] and sky^[3], a space^[22].

Influence

Things named for lapis lazuli include Android 17^[23], a fictional human^[24]; azure^[25], a web color^[26]; Android 18^[27], a fictional human^[28]; Lapis Lazuli corridor^[29], a trade route^[30], in Afghanistan^[31]; and Lazuli Space Observatory^[32], a space telescope^[33].

Why It Matters

lapis lazuli has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for it include Android 17^[23], a fictional human^[24]; azure^[25], a web color^[26]; Android 18^[27], a fictional human^[28]; Lapis Lazuli corridor^[29], a trade route^[30], in Afghanistan^[31]; and Lazuli Space Observatory^[32], a space telescope^[33].