World's Best Lapis at the JOGS Tucson Gem and Jewelry Show
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2012
- We interview Shah from Khyber Stone/Empire Gems to showcase and teach us about Lapis lazuli stones and products at the JOGS Tucson Gem & Jewelry Show.
Visit us at: www.jogsshow.com
The JOGS Tucson Gem and Jewelry Show is known world-wide for its
variety of international dealers, and as one of the largest shows at
the annual TGMS in Arizona.
Every year, JOGS hosts dealers both of finished jewelry from around
the world, as well as the manufacturers and producers of every sort of
gem and precious stone the world has to offer.
At JOGS Southwestern Pavilion, you can find many dealers, including
Sunwest Silver offering the widest variety of turquoise available
anywhere; Nashaf Khalaf with high-end signed Native American pieces
both old and new, and many more silver and turquoise dealers as well.
A brief stroll finds you at JOGS Amber Pavilion. Here the organizers
work closely with the American Amber Association, Amber Man, and the
top dealers of Europe to offer the absolute broadest selection of
Amber available anywhere. Each year the success of the shows ensures
that Poland Russia and Lithuania bring their best honeyed offerings to
JOGS Tucson .
With Silver from Indonesia and Mexico, and a dizzying array of rough
and cut stones, as well as beads from Africa, Brazil and Thailand;
JOGS presents the professional jeweler and the committed hobbyist with
everything they need to create works of art.
You'll find the best--Straight from the mines, at the JOGS Tucson Gem and Jewelry Show!
interesting fact: Ultramarine was the most desired shade of blue during the middle ages and only a few painters were rich enough to purchase it. It is said that Michelangelo didn't finish 'the entombment' because he didn't have money to purchase ultramarine. It was so valuable because it was made from the powder of lapis lazuli coming from Afganisthan mines and other elements, the color that means 'beyond marine' is a intense deep blue that was immortalized on Veemer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' and was ultimately reserved to be used in Virgin Mary, Jesus and other sacred paintings.
Beautiful Lapis Lazuli.
in the time of the pharaohs in Egypt , Lapis Lazuli was much more expensive than gold.
Yes it was called blue gold how delightful
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Thats general knowledge....why would you even brought that up
....Indeed!...Not only was that Stone as valuable as gold,but did you know that Lapis Lazuli at one time was so highly prized and treasured by the Ancient Egyptians so much that they made it a capital punishment for any Man who was not Royalty to be caught with this precious stone in his POSSESSION??? It would result in his inevitable arrest and he would summarily be put to Death!....That's all...Shalom.😉
So cool, I have been researching gemstones and did not know this. Thank you.
Most beautiful lapis thank you for sharing this with us.
That is some gorgeous lapis😍
That... scarab is BEAUTIFUL
Use of Lapis lazuli predates Egypt. It was used by the Sumerian (Akkad) by the Annunaki and Mesopotamia cultures and by Babylon. All three above cultures are known as the Biblical land of Shinar. And that Lapis being displayed here is top gem quality. Gorgeous gems.
Its nice quality of Lapis but there is excellent quality available in Afghanistan. I love my country.
AFGHAN STONES where can i buy
These are also from Afghanistan
Very nice dark lapis lazuli with no white, excellent
I'm sure that's what he meant. Nice guy and good quality stones. His stones stood out in the 2014 show!
Proud to be Afghan❤❤❤❤
Jajaja Bababab where can i buy
WOW LAPIS
nice lapis... I have one and it's beauty...
Kai Martinz i brother i hsve a lot of lapus designa ok do you want i have ok 03139104056 its my whts up i from Afghanistan but study in Pakistan and also work of stone
I wyut your answe
What sup 00923459673506
I have very nice gems stone very nice stones I have
I want just a little :(
I bought a small piece of geometric shaped lapis from an afghan refugee about 12 yrs ago. Someone who dealt lapis said ''where did you get this?'' -and when I told him, he said ''ah, these very rich intense blue bits are kept by the Afghans, you just don't get colours like this on the general market. It has tiny flecks here and there of pyrite, but you need to look hard to see them.
I have one gold ring with Afghan dark blue lapis with unrecognizable pyrites ..now that quality are rare to find
Lapis lazuli used by aciant Aratta civilization which became famous in Sumerian civilization Way before Egyptians who started using Lapis lazuli and turquoise stones from ancient civilizations in West Asia.
Also Lapis lazuli in those times only was found in Afghanistan region which always been part of West Asian civilizations.
Please come to Austria Vienna !!!
good!
Buenísimo
I would like to purchase the lapis scarab in the video.
Good love
Nice
I love lapis. Have a thumb stone.
thsk so much for it...
Can anyone tell? How much days or weeks or months it takes for this stone to show effects after wearing...
mos def good stuff
does he sell Khyber crystals?
Ezekiel chapter 1:26 in the living translation that The Almighty God, his throne is made out of Lapis Lazuli so this trumps all known humans beings.
....This is so true!...Not only was this Stone of Destiny made into the Most High's Royal throne,but it was also used as tablets by the Most High to carve His Ten Commandments into. Lapis Lazuli is therefore,the Stone of Contemplation!☺️
It also appeared under God's feet on Exodus, and it is mentioned in Song of Solomon as a stone on God's chest.
Lapis is very iffy in quality these days. It;s very hard to find the old pure blues, dark or light. Most of the stuff available no looks like lapis/calcite sandwiches. I got some Madan Char from a guy a while back; it's nearly all Lazurite crystals with pyrite. India seems to be making it's stones today. They're doing something to the lapis ( and also sugilite) they sell, like grinding it all up and pouring it into molds. Of course, I've been cutting for years and can tell what's what by now. caveat emptor
+Laurie Stetzler So right the quality is crappy that he has, been collecting in Kabul since 73 and Dark pure blue is getting very hard to get. No pyrite please.
+petepenn1 I prefer my lapis with some impurities and some blue, I currently have a light blue one with some impurities but the thing is amost all blue. Never seen a lapis this dark before, either, makes me hard to compare it with Sodalite.
+Horacio Avilés
I also prefer some pyrites as it makes Lapis look like a night sky to me!
So sad to see so many fabulous rocks/gems that are just gone or gone through the roof in price since the turn of the century. A lot of the rough is so cracked I won't even bother to cut it. Who wants a cracked stone?
People either forget about them or think they can still get matching sets and certainly won't or can't pay for them ( probably the latter these days)
Go afghanistan im sure you get good one there and cheap
I click on these videos to search the comment section for Steven Universe jokes
Lame
kitanotom36 ok that’s your opinion
kitanotom36 stfu
It was once so expensive that painters would charge extra prices for every inch painted with Ultramarine, made with ground lapis lazuli back then. It was usually reserved for sacred art, since only the Church would be able to afford it. Only the most important artwork, like Madonna's mantle.
have one at home
I want it so bad 😪
You should visit JOGS Tucson Gem Show in Jan 30 Feb 10 .Its top gem show of the year
Price ?
Aku juga punya batu asli..lapis lazuli
Don't let Jasper get near her or you may have a bit of a malachite problem.
You just made me so happy
Wyatt Halverson I wonder how much a jasper or a lazily is worth is it considered gem trafficking if we sold them to a gem collector for money 🤔
Austin D fghb
Yes go Steven universe fans Unite! 👊
Plz sir tell me how i can buy one of Lapiz stone for ring size
you can check out for our site and watch that video:
Third chakra? Do you mean third eye chakra? From what I know, Lapis Lazuli resonates with the throat chakra and the third eye chakra.
that's what I thought
no, sorry i have to correct it. it is the 6. Chakra and the so called Third Eye
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I want a pendant how can I get one
Hello Where do you live ? We are based in germany
im from afghanistan now in Australia all these Lapiz Lazuli illegali mined and smuggler out of Afghanistan to pakistan
they are nice gem stone
We have a mine with Lapiz LaU can I sell it to you tons
Steven universe joke.........Its malachite now
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Hii
*_“I’M LAPIS LAZULI AND YOU CAN’T KEEP ME TRAPPED HERE ANYMORE!”_*
Vip
How many su fans are here?
Leggy Ruby No
It looks purple
Vnice
my , my , i think you have here a good part of a fortune
lapis obelisks scarbs, pendants, hearts, tiles etc we are still buying an manufacturing
Indonesia stons
Like it craytal nice blue calars bat gemstones so Wandarful like it craytal nice to Wandarful like it gemstones so much for crystl nice to calection nice market nice in the city and I like it craytal nice so happy
i have heard that lapis don't smell good is that true?🤔
yes actually.
I think that only happens if you cut it open
Iwoomynati Confirmed
well i recently got one and for what ever reason decided to smell it. it smelled like sulfur to a certain degree
The individual asking questions I found rather rude and annoying. He would ask questions and then consistently cut him off while he was giving the answers. Really would have liked hearing his answers.
Looks purp
I noticed that too, I love purple, or purple blue ♡
Wot bollocks!
Then im rich i got 56 tons of lapis 😎😎😎😎😎😎
Ok now put it in the mirror for a thousand year
This is not a top color
This guy cannot answer a simple question been asked. Its obvious he doesn't know anything about Lapis stone.......why on earth would he start talking bout the Third Chakra......🤣🤣🤣
SRA A because lapis is known for opening the psychic abilities
I have a little bit experience as i spent about 25 or more years with it...but if you have to make a video suddenly it is not easy to answer all..immediately
Price ?