Lapis Lazuli Tower

For a reading corner that feels like yours. One blue-and-gray lapis lazuli tower with a pointed top.

Give your blue a place on the shelf.

Crystal tradition connects lapis lazuli with wisdom and honest expression. Broad blue and gray markings run across this upright point; blue belongs to Water in our color-based five-element guide.

The story

The Met keeps an Akkadian lapis lazuli cylinder seal dated about 2350–2150 BCE. Such seals were rolled across clay to leave a mark of ownership or identity, making a small carved stone part of everyday record keeping.

Choose a question for the week.

Set the tower on a stable shelf beside your journal. Write down one question you want to think through, then return to it when you sit down to read.

Details

• Materials: Lapis Lazuli
• Five elements: Water · Find your element
• Size: About 8–10 cm (3–4 in) tall
• Birthday bracelets: Lapis Lazuli is in 4 of our 12 · Find yours
• One lapis lazuli tower, about 8–10 cm (3–4 in) tall.

Each tower varies a little in color and pattern.