{"title":"Lapis Lazuli","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the oldest and most revered gemstones in human history, Lapis Lazuli has been prized for over six thousand years. Its deep, celestial blue, flecked with golden pyrite and white calcite, was once more valuable than gold and was ground into pigment to create the ultramarine blue used by the great masters of Renaissance painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Rachel Hartley Atelier, each Lapis Lazuli piece is chosen for the depth and richness of its colour, crafted to honour the extraordinary heritage and beauty of this ancient stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociated with the Third Eye and Throat chakras, Lapis Lazuli is said to enhance wisdom, truth and self-expression, encouraging the wearer to speak with clarity, live with integrity and seek deeper understanding in all things.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sterling-silver-wire-wrapped-lapis-lazuli-heart-choker-necklace","title":"Sterling Silver Wire Wrapped Lapis Lazuli Heart Choker Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli is one of the oldest stones in human history. Prized for more than six thousand years, it was ground into pigment for the ultramarine used in Renaissance paintings, carved into amulets by the ancient Egyptians, and traded across continents long before most gemstones had names. It is a stone with a deep, particular blue that has no real equivalent in the mineral world, rich, opaque, and immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli is not a single mineral but a rock, formed from a combination of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite. It is the lazurite that gives the stone its extraordinary colour, and the pyrite that gives it its character: small, bright flecks of gold scattered through the blue like stars in a night sky. In high grade lapis, the pyrite is vivid and plentiful, catching the light with every movement and giving the stone a depth that polished, uniform gemstones rarely achieve. No two pieces are identical. The distribution of pyrite within each stone is its own, formed over millions of years and impossible to replicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli is associated with truth, wisdom, and inner vision. It is said to work with the third eye and throat chakras, encouraging honest self-expression, clarity of thought, and a deepened connection to one's own intuition. It has long been considered a stone of royalty and scholarship, one that supports those who think and speak with intention, and who value depth over surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pendant features a lapis lazuli heart, chosen for the richness of its blue and the quality of its pyrite inclusions. It is hand wire wrapped in square sterling silver wire, the flat faces of the wire sitting flush against the stone and creating a structured, architectural detail that is as considered from the back as it is from the front. The wrap is finished with care on both sides, making this a pendant that rewards a second look. It is paired with a 16 inch anti-tarnish sterling silver cable chain choker, finished with a trigger clasp, a fine, close-fitting length that holds the pendant at the throat and allows the gold of the pyrite to catch the light with every movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA piece made to be noticed, and made to last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandcrafted at Rachel Hartley Atelier. Arrives gift-ready.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurious about Lapis Lazuli? Discover more about the stone on our sister website, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hartbodyandsoul.co.uk\/collections\/lapis-lazuli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eHart, Body \u0026amp; Soul.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Hartley Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64571045609821,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1061\/2909\/7053\/files\/image2_44515bd4-7ea8-42a9-aeac-e610f4ff6e50.jpg?v=1777573123"},{"product_id":"gold-vermeil-wire-wrapped-lapis-lazuli-teardrop-necklace","title":"Gold Vermeil Wire Wrapped Lapis Lazuli Teardrop Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eLapis Lazuli is one of the oldest and most revered stones in human history. A deep, celestial blue that is rich and intense, often flecked with gold pyrite inclusions that catch the light like stars against a night sky.  It is a stone that has been prized across civilisations for thousands of years. Ground into pigment, it became the ultramarine blue of Renaissance painting. Carved and inlaid, it adorned the burial mask of Tutankhamun and the jewellery of ancient Mesopotamia. It is a stone with a presence that is immediate and ancient in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis Lazuli is a metamorphic rock composed primarily of lazurite, with calcite, pyrite, and other minerals contributing to its characteristic colour and texture. The finest stones come from the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, where they have been mined for over six thousand years. It is associated with the third eye and throat chakras, a pairing that gives it a particular quality among healing stones: it is said to support both inner vision and the ability to speak one’s truth with clarity and confidence. It is considered a stone of wisdom, truth, and self-knowledge, thought to stimulate the higher mind, encourage honest communication, and support those seeking deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them. It carries a calm, expansive energy, and has long been associated with royalty, honour, and the pursuit of knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pendant features a faceted Lapis Lazuli teardrop, its cut drawing out the full depth of the stone’s colour and allowing light to move across its surface with a rich, luminous intensity. Wire wrapped by hand in gold vermeil, the setting follows the natural contours of the stone, holding it securely while allowing its full face to remain visible. A single gold vermeil accent bead sits within the wrap, a small, precise detail that brings warmth and finish to the piece. The warm gold of the vermeil sits in considered contrast to the deep blue of the Lapis, a pairing that is both striking and timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished on an 18 inch gold vermeil\u003cspan\u003e satellite chain; a fine chain with tiny gold vermeil microbeads spaced along its length, echoing the bead detail of the pendant and giving the necklace a considered coherence from chain to stone. The chain is plated with 1 micron of 18K gold with an anti-tarnish finish, designed to hold its colour with wear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandcrafted at Rachel Hartley Atelier. Arrives gift-ready.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCurious about Lapis Lazuli? Discover more about the stone on our sister website, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hartbodyandsoul.co.uk\/collections\/lapis-lazuli\"\u003eHart, Body \u0026amp; Soul.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Hartley Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64934255493469,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1061\/2909\/7053\/files\/image5_1389ee92-ad01-4782-ba37-7548b9247cb5.jpg?v=1781018262"},{"product_id":"mother-of-pearl-lapis-labradorite-tidal-stretch-bracelet","title":"Mother of Pearl, Lapis Lazuli \u0026 Labradorite Tidal Stretch Bracelet","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is something in the combination of these three stones that feels like looking into deep water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMother of pearl opens the piece with a shifting, iridescent light, the same luminous material that lines the inner chamber of the mollusc shell, formed slowly over years by the same creature that produces the pearl itself. Faceted into small cubes, each bead catches light from multiple angles, creating a continuous shimmer along the wrist that moves with every gesture. It carries the energy of the ocean: calm, protective, and deeply intuitive, associated with the water element and the moon, and said to soothe the emotions and bring a quality of gentle, sustained clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli holds the depth. One of the oldest stones in continuous human use, ground into pigment for the blues of Renaissance paintings and worn as a stone of truth and wisdom across ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, its colour is one of the most saturated in the natural world, a blue so dense it reads almost as night sky. It works with the third eye and throat chakras, associated with deep knowing, clear vision, and the kind of inner authority that does not need to announce itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabradorite moves between the two. Known above all for its labradorescence; the phenomenon by which light refracts within the stone's internal structure to produce flashes of blue, gold, and green that appear and disappear as the stone moves.  It provides the bridge between the white of the mother of pearl and the deep blue of the lapis, shifting between both depending on the light. A stone of transformation and intuition, it is associated with the third eye and crown chakras, and with the ability to see what lies beneath the surface of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSterling silver accent beads complete the piece, their cool, clean tone sitting in close harmony with the aquatic palette and adding a precision that grounds the natural variation of the stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrung on stretch cord and made to fit the average UK women's wrist size of 6.5 inches. Bead sizes range from 3–4mm, creating a delicate, layered effect that sits close to the wrist without weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandcrafted at Rachel Hartley Atelier. Arrives gift-ready.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Hartley Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64947322814813,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1061\/2909\/7053\/files\/image1_9dccbae1-d640-46dc-90a2-5bc0e9e373c1.jpg?v=1781115639"},{"product_id":"sterling-silver-wire-wrapped-madani-lapis-lazuli-necklace","title":"Sterling Silver Wire Wrapped Madani Lapis Lazuli Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli is one of the oldest stones in human history. Prized for more than six thousand years, it was ground into pigment for the ultramarine used in Renaissance paintings, carved into amulets by the ancient Egyptians, and traded across continents long before most gemstones had names. It is a stone with a deep, particular blue that has no real equivalent in the mineral world, rich, opaque, and immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli is not a single mineral but a rock, formed from a combination of lazurite, calcite, and pyrite. It is the lazurite that gives the stone its extraordinary colour, and the pyrite that gives it its character: small, bright flecks of gold scattered through the blue like stars in a night sky. In high grade lapis, the pyrite is vivid and plentiful, catching the light with every movement and giving the stone a depth that polished, uniform gemstones rarely achieve. No two pieces are identical. The distribution of pyrite within each stone is its own, formed over millions of years and impossible to replicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pendant features Madani lapis lazuli, a variety sourced from the Sar-e-Sang mines of the Badakhshan province in Afghanistan, one of the most celebrated and historically significant lapis deposits in the world. Madani grade is distinguished by the depth and evenness of its blue and the quality of its pyrite inclusions, selected for stones in which the colour is rich and consistent and the gold of the pyrite is vivid rather than faint. It is the grade that has been traded along the Silk Road for millennia, and it remains the benchmark against which all other lapis is measured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli is associated with truth, wisdom, and inner vision. It is said to work with the third eye and throat chakras, encouraging honest self-expression, clarity of thought, and a deepened connection to one’s own intuition. It has long been considered a stone of royalty and scholarship, one that supports those who think and speak with intention, and who value depth over surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe oval stone is hand-wire wrapped in square sterling silver wire, the flat faces of the wire sitting flush against the stone and creating a clean, structured foundation for the decorative work that surrounds it. The wirework is detailed to both the front and back of the pendant, with an emphasis on curves and swirls, flowing lines that move around the stone with a considered, organic rhythm, each twist placed by hand. The result is a pendant that is as considered from the back as it is from the front, a piece that rewards a second look and that carries the mark of genuine craft in every line. The pendant drop measures 50mm from the top of the bail to the base of the stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinished on an 18 inch sterling silver flat cable chain, its low-profile links sit close and clean against the skin, a length that holds the pendant beautifully at the collarbone and allows the pyrite to catch the light with every movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandcrafted at Rachel Hartley Atelier. Arrives gift-ready.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurious about Lapis Lazuli? Discover more about the stone on our sister website, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hartbodyandsoul.co.uk\/collections\/lapis-lazuli\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHart, Body \u0026amp; Soul.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Hartley Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65075090424157,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1061\/2909\/7053\/files\/image1_1685f2ba-3d3f-4631-ba75-d38d96c877c5.jpg?v=1782389660"},{"product_id":"lapis-lazuli","title":"Gold Vermeil Lapis Lazuli Bar Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bar of deep royal blue Lapis Lazuli, held horizontally and suspended by two solid gold vermeil rings.  The setting is polished and architectural, designed to let the stone speak. The pendant hangs from an 18-inch gold vermeil fine curb chain, the links bright and clean against the skin, the whole piece balanced between boldness and refinement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli has been prized for over six thousand years, ground into pigment for Renaissance paintings, inlaid into the burial mask of Tutankhamun, worn by Egyptian pharaohs and Mesopotamian queens. Its deep, mineral blue is flecked with gold pyrite and veined with white calcite, making every piece entirely its own. Known as a stone of truth and wisdom, it is associated with the throat and third eye chakras and is thought to encourage clear communication, self-expression, and inner knowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGold vermeil (pronounced \u003cem\u003ever-may\u003c\/em\u003e) is a superior alternative to gold plating. Where standard plating deposits a thin layer of gold over base metal, vermeil uses a substantial layer of 18ct gold, at minimum 2.5 microns thick, over a sterling silver base. The result is a piece that looks, feels, and wears like fine jewellery, with the warmth and depth of colour that only real gold achieves. With appropriate care, keeping it away from water, perfume, and abrasion, gold vermeil retains its finish beautifully over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a piece for those who are drawn to colour with history behind it. One of a kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArrives gift-ready.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCurious about Lapis Lazuli? Discover more about the stone on our sister website,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.hartbodyandsoul.co.uk\/collections\/lapis-lazuli\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHart, Body \u0026amp; Soul.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Hartley Atelier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65851648016733,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1061\/2909\/7053\/files\/lapis_tbar5.jpg?v=1788809563"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1061\/2909\/7053\/collections\/image2_500ede87-4bec-487c-a2d3-43bf9126fa3b.jpg?v=1786727281","url":"https:\/\/rachelhartley.co.uk\/collections\/lapis-lazuli.oembed","provider":"Rachel Hartley Atelier","version":"1.0","type":"link"}