Lapis lazuli, also known as just lapis, is a stone with one of the longest traditions of being considered a gem, with a history stretching back to 7000 BC in Mehrgarh of Indian subcontinent, situated in modern day Balochistan, Pakistan. The name comes from Persian and means blue stone: the deep blue as sprinkle of pyrite. Lapis lazuli is a stone that it had much power at the time of ancient pharaohs, when Egypt was in most spiritual period. In fact lapis was used near exclusively for ritual purpose instead of therapeutic ones, function that was similar in Mesopotamia.