lapis

lapis — noun

1. a bright blue stone that is cut and polished for use in jewellery and decorative

1.名詞B1
釋義

a bright blue stone that is cut and polished for use in jewellery and decorative objects, often containing tiny gold-coloured pieces of pyrite that sparkle

例句

Yael wore a small lapis pendant that her grandmother had given her.

Renaissance artists ground lapis into a fine blue powder to make paint for religious paintings.

ground + lapis + into + [pigment] — material processing pattern