A stunningly beautiful necklace made from Lapis Lazuli and Sterling Silver. Hand crafted on Saltspring Island by Alvero Sanchez. This necklace is truly unique!. The necklace measures 30 inches.

Lapis lazuli was popular thousands of years ago among the people of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome. It is said that the legendary city of Ur on the Euphrates plied a keen lapis lazuli trade as long ago as the fourth millennium B.C., the material coming to the land of the two great rivers from the famous deposits in Afghanistan. In other cultures, lapis lazuli was regarded as a holy stone.