Wonderful Deep Blue Lapis Slate Chip BeadsPrice is per 16 inch string of these beautiful beads. All different sizes, range from 14mm x 11mm x 2mm to 10mm x 7mm x 3mm many in string. Through the ages, lapis has been associated with power, wisdom, love, and a stimulant for psychic ability. And in the art world its famous for the ultramarine blue paint used by the Grand Old Masters, like on portraits of the Virgin Mary. While other compositions have long since paled, lapis has lost nothing of