The SEIKINSEKI 青金石

Name: The SEIKINSEKI 青金石
Brand: Hatano Sen 旗之千
SKU: dark lapis
Price: 100.0 USD
Availability: InStock

$100.00

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The Legend

Mined from within central Asia, Lapis Lazuli (青金石) is a semi-precious stone that holds significant cultural value in traditional Japanese jewelry designs. Alongside other prized gemstones like agate, coral, and ivory, Lapis was commonly used in the creation of netsuke, inro, and ojimi, as well as Japanese sword decoration.

Lapis also saw a great amount of usage in shippō (七宝) or Japanese enamelware, which was a reference to the seven treasures recorded in a number of Buddhist texts. Although designs largely varied, they generally included at least some of the following precious materials: gold, silver, emerald, coral, agate, lapis, giant clamshell, glass and pearl.

The Pendant

The SEIKINSEKI pendant boasts a roughly 1.75 x 0.3 x 0.3 inch piece of the finest Lapis Lazuli, acquired from the same mines that supplied and still supply Japanese jewelers today.

Like any of our accessories, each pendant is hand-cut at the forge and is completely unique in its coloration and pattern. The SEIKINSEKI also comes with a custom bamboo box.

Gem Coloration

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASE

Although Lapis is most commonly associated with a dark blue hue, its color can range across different shades of blue and other hues like violet or turquoise. This is largely determined by the aggregation of different minerals in the stone. For example, the presence of a mineral called afghanite creates a pale blue shade in Lapis, while lazurite is responsible for producing royal blue shade. As the smith cuts each pendant from different stones of differing mineral compositions, the color of each will range across multiple hues.

The pendant pictured in the photos above is one of a lighter shade with a greater amount of afghanite. If you wish to request for a specific coloration, please email us at info@hatanosen.com to discuss.

Our current supply of Lapis has been noted to contain a larger amount of lazurite at this time. As such, please expect for your pendant to be of a darker hue of blue, with whorls of pyrite and calcite woven throughout the stone. We will update this notice if this changes.

Definitely worth it!

It's a good product and it's really nice to wear. They even have those small metal necklaces that are normally annoying but they actually work and are comfortable to wear. Definitely recommend their product.

High Quality!

It was my first time ordering from this site. I was interested in The SEIKINSEKI 青金石 because Lapis Lazuli is my favorite gemstone. The item arrived in a unique box and looked exactly as described and I have it displayed amongst other Japanese items I have collected. The metal chain also fits around my neck perfectly!

Beautiful Product, Broken On Arrival

When I opened the package the prism of lapis was broken in half, though technically still wearable. I later ended up breaking the necklace cord itself on accident, though this is my fault. I love the piece, though saddened that it didn’t arrive as advertised, as one whole piece.

Hello Tristen!

Thank you for reaching out. I believe a member of our team has reached out to you and a replacement has been scheduled. Please let us know if there's anything else we can do for you!

Best,
Hatano Sen

Amazing!!

This is a very high quality pendent and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone!!

High quality

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