DAY 92 - KABUL

92) TUESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 1977 : 0KMS. - KABUL

I went on searching for a nice piece of pretty good quality Lapis Lazuli in the bazaar again for a  ring as my father’s birthday present, but unfortunately I could not find one that fulfilled  my expectation and the price was not attractive enough.

Lapis Lazuli semi-precious stone - Photo : Bing images search

FROM WIKIPEDIA : 

Lapis lazuli (sometimes abbreviated to lapis) is a relatively rare semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense blue color.

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Lapis lazuli was being mined in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan as early as the 3rd millennium BC, and there are sources that are found as far east as in the region around Lake Baikal in Siberia. Trade in the stone is ancient enough for lapis jewelry to have been found at Predynastic Egyptian and ancient Sumerian sites, and as lapis beads at neolithic burials in Mehrgarh, the Caucasus, and even as far from Afghanistan as Mauritania.

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Farmer herds his sheep to market along the busy side street in KABUL.