Lapis Tumbled Chips, 1 lb, 7-9mm

Before lapis lazuli was a crystal-shop staple, it was the most coveted blue on Earth. Mined at Badakhshan for more than six thousand years, inlaid in Tutankhamun's funerary mask, and ground into the ultramarine that medieval illuminators prized above gold, this is the stone civilizations crossed deserts for. This one-pound bag holds it in working form: genuine lapis lazuli tumbled chips, 7 to 9mm, by the handful.

Chips are the workhorse cut of the crystal cabinet: small enough for spell jars and charm bags, plentiful enough for full grids and offering bowls, smooth enough for craft and jewelry work. A pound of lapis is a pound of wisdom-work, ready to be portioned wherever your practice needs it.

Key Features of These Lapis Tumbled Chips

A full pound of genuine lapis lazuli. Tumbled chips of roughly 7 to 9mm, deep blue threaded with the gold flecks of pyrite, the starry-night look that made the stone legendary. Sourced from China and polished smooth for easy handling.

The bulk cut for working practitioners. Fill spell jars and charm bags, ring a candle or a grid, line an offering bowl, weight a witch bottle, or set chips into resin, jewelry, and craft work; bulk chips are the most versatile form a stone comes in.

The wisdom and truth stone. In the modern canon lapis belongs to the third eye and the throat: the stone of inner sight and honest speech, carrying a protective amulet lineage that runs back to ancient Egypt.

Product Details

• Contents: 1 lb bag of tumbled lapis lazuli chips
• Chip size: approximately 7 to 9mm
• Material: genuine lapis lazuli, sourced from China
• Color: deep blue with gold pyrite flecks; white calcite veining occurs naturally in some chips
• Natural variation: color depth, veining, and pyrite density differ from chip to chip and bag to bag

The Spiritual Significance

Few stones carry a deeper human history than lapis lazuli. The mines of Badakhshan, in present-day Afghanistan, have produced it for over six thousand years, feeding the stone to Sumerian temples, where it adorned the regalia of Inanna's priestesses, and to Egypt, where it inlaid the funerary mask of Tutankhamun and was ground for the sacred eye paint of royalty. Crushed and refined, it became ultramarine, the pigment medieval illuminators and Renaissance masters paid more than its weight in gold to lay on the robes of the divine.

Modern practice inherits that reverence. Lapis is worked as the stone of wisdom, truth, and inner sight, seated at the third eye for vision and the throat for honest speech, with a protective thread that runs straight back to its Egyptian amulet days. In chip form, the work scales to the handful: a spoonful charged into a spell jar for clarity, a ring of blue around a candle for truth-speaking, a grid laid before study, divination, or any working that asks you to see clearly and say what you saw.

How To Use These Lapis Tumbled Chips

1. Cleanse them dry. Smoke or overnight moonlight suit lapis well; skip water and salt baths, since lapis is a soft stone and its pyrite content does not love moisture.
2. Portion with intention. Spoon chips into spell jars, charm bags, or witch bottles while naming the working: wisdom, truth, protection, clear sight.
3. Ring a flame or a grid. Circle a candle or lay a grid border with chips; bulk stones let you draw the line as wide as the working asks.
4. Dress the altar. An offering bowl of lapis holds the stone's presence in a study, reading room, or divination space between workings.
5. For elixirs, use the indirect method only. Never steep lapis directly in drinking water; its pyrite content makes direct immersion unsafe. Set a sealed vial of chips beside or inside a second, outer vessel of water instead.

Pairs Well With

• Throat Chakra Pillar Candle, 3 x 6 Inch: the truth-speaking flame; ring it with chips for honest-conversation workings.
• Third Eye Chakra Pillar Candle, 3 x 6 Inch: the inner-sight flame, the natural partner for lapis's vision work.
• Container Magic by Charity L. Bedell: the working manual for the jars, bottles, and sachets these chips were made to fill.
• Light Blue Chime Candles, Set of 20: blue candle magic for communication and calm clarity, dressed with a chip at the base.
• Lapis Lazuli Chambered Pendulum: the divination tool cut from the same stone; tuck a chip in its chamber to tune the pair together.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are lapis tumbled chips used for?

Bulk chips are the most flexible cut in crystal work: filling spell jars, charm bags, and witch bottles, ringing candles and grids, lining offering bowls, and supplying resin, jewelry, and craft projects. One pound covers many workings, portioned a spoonful at a time.

Can I make crystal elixirs with lapis?

Only by the indirect method. Lapis contains pyrite and should never be steeped directly in water you plan to drink. Keep the chips in a sealed vial set beside or within an outer vessel of water, so the stone and the liquid never touch.

Where does lapis lazuli's reputation come from?

From the deepest history any stone can claim: six thousand years of mining at Badakhshan, Sumerian temple regalia, Tutankhamun's funerary mask, and the ultramarine pigment that medieval artists prized above gold. Modern practice inherits it as the stone of wisdom, truth, and inner sight.

How do I cleanse and care for the chips?

Cleanse dry: incense smoke, sound, or an overnight bath of moonlight. Avoid water and salt, since lapis is a relatively soft stone and its pyrite flecks dislike moisture, and skip long stretches of direct sun, which can dull the blue over time.

How many chips come in a pound?

Several hundred at the 7 to 9mm size, though the count varies naturally with chip size and density. It is enough to fill many jars and charm bags, ring multiple grids, and keep an offering bowl stocked besides.

Will my bag match the photo?

The chips are natural stone, so expect variation: some run deeper blue, some carry more gold pyrite, and white calcite veining appears here and there. That range is the signature of genuine lapis rather than dyed imitation.