The dark blue lapis lazuli beads have a diameter of 4mm, the whole strand of lapis lazuli is about 40cm.
In stone healing Lapis Lazuli is used when the sincerity and sociability should be strengthened; friendships and the ability to tell the truth, but also to accept, are strengthened by the mineral.
The name Lapis Lazuli is derived from the Latin words "lapis" (stone) and lazulum (blue). Different spellings such as lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli or lapis lazulli are not correct. Due to the long fame of lapis lazuli, there are numerous synonyms. These include azure d'acre, azurum ultramarinum, bleu d'azure, lapis lazuli ultramarine, lazure stone/lazure stone, lazurium, oltremare, oriental blue, outremer lapis, pierre d'azur, ultramarine genuine, ultramarine ino/verdadero, ultramarine natural scythium.