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GIA Field Gemmologists Seek Blue Sapphire and Lapis Lazuli in Mogok, Myanmar

GIA Staff, September 4, 2015

Join GIA gemmologists as they seek the blue treasures of Mogok.

Lapis Lazuli from the Coquimbo Region, Chile

Robert R. Coenraads and Claudio Canut de Bon, March 1, 2000

Lapis lazuli has been mined from the Coquimbo Region of Chile since 1905.

A Status Report on Gemstones from Afghanistan

Gary W. Bowersox, December 1, 1985

An overview of the plentiful and various gem materials being discovered and produced in Afghanistan.

Lapis-Lazuli from Sar-E-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Jean Wyart, Pierre Bariand, December 1, 1981

lapis-lazuli is an ornamental stone (figure 1) that has been found in the artefacts of some of the oldest known civilisations.