Earring Description Looking for a charming and affordable jewellery gift which will surprise and delight? Our  Lapis Lazuli   Hoop Earrings are the ideal gift. These pretty earrings feature two genuine lapis lazuli gemstones set in an 18-carat gold vermeil teardrop setting on medium size 18-carat gold vermeil hoops.  The gemstones are detachable from the earrings and can be interchanged with our alternative stones. The hoops can also be worn without the gemstones. The perfect gift for a September birthday, our lapis lazuli earrings have fabulous clarity and depth of colour. The Meaning of Lapis Lazuli Lapis Lazuli is a semi-precious gemstone found in Afghanistan, Chile, Mongolia, and Italy. It has been prized for its intense blue colour since prehistoric times and was famously used to decorate the death mask of Tutankhamun. In the Renaissance, the stone was ground down to create the pigment ultramarine and was used by Michelangelo to give the Sistine Chapel ceiling its deep bl