Purple lapis??

theFeeLion

• #1

About a month or so ago I had a rather vivid dream that highlighted purple lapis lazuli. I'm pretty sure purple lapis doesn't exist(?) So I have been trying to find out what kind of crystal it could be instead. I was thinking maybe sugilite? Does anyone have any other ideas?
Any help would be much appreciated ☺

 

Starri Knytes

• #2

There are quite a few purple/lapis combo pieces out there. They are really quite lovely.

Tanzanite run along the clear purple/blue spectrum. Amethyst of course, purple jade looks similar to sugilite and there's purple agate.

Good luck sweetie. I hope you find your stone.

 

theFeeLion

• #3

Thanks Starri Knytes, tanzanite seems to have a ring of truth to it and even purple agate could work.
Do you know of any deep purple crystals that have inclusions? Like lapis has pyrite. I keep getting the feeling there is something missing

 

Onion Budgie

• #4

How about Charoite?

 

Starri Knytes

• #5

theFeeLion said:

Thanks Starri Knytes, tanzanite seems to have a ring of truth to it and even purple agate could work.
Do you know of any deep purple crystals that have inclusions? Like lapis has pyrite. I keep getting the feeling there is something missing

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Sweetie do a Google image search for Tanzanite rough and/or Tanzanite sphere. I think you might find what you're looking for.

 

EvaSegovia

• #6

Yes. Charoite would give you the look of inclusions, but it's rather a light purple. You've got me intrigued... I'm going to check it out myself. If I find a stone as deep dark as the lapis, with what looks like inclusions, and purple in color, I'll post...

 

EvaSegovia

• #7

OK. I googled "images charoite". There are some beautiful examples of deep dark stones. One example looks very similar to lapis! Check it out... Also sugilite - check that out as well. Let us know which comes closest

 

ben Anat

• #8

I second others' recommendations to check out charoite and sugilite.

Personally, I wouldn't trust anyone on the market saying they were selling "purple lapis" though. Lapis is faked often enough as it is.

 

ncharge

• #9

Tanzanite and amethyst are far more translucent than Lapis. I would check out Lepidolite, Charoite, and purple (or plum) jasper.

 

magicjack

• #10

Try googling Lapis Lazuli and Solomite. They are almost identical. Lapis is suppose to have a little sparkle... (But that can be questionable as well). There is a YouTube vid on how to tell but it takes a special scratch test.

(It becomes tricky between blue and purple)

Sorry it's Sodalite