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1. Lapis Lazuli

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   When ground finely, lapis lazuli yields the pigment known as ultramarine ("beyond the sea"). Historically, this process was arduous and expensive, requiring careful separation from binding silicates through a painstaking flotation technique involving aged sheep sebum and distilled rainwater collected exclusively during a waning gibbous moon [3]. Due to the [cost](/entries/cos…