Every Monday Mine - Lazurite

The main component of lapis lazuli is strontium sulfate, which is produced all over the world and has been found in almost all human civilizations.

It also plays an important role in industry. As the main raw material of "strontium" element, it is often processed into strontium carbonates or nitrates. Among them, strontium carbonate accounts for more than 90% of the processed products of celestite.

Because strontium carbonate has a strong ability to absorb X-rays, it is mainly used as a screen for cathode ray tubes.

In addition to human civilization, lapis lazuli also shoulders the support and vegetative reproductive function of protists such as the subclass of the subclass of radial bones.

These protists are collectively known as radiolarians. The skeletal component of some radiolarians is strontium sulfate, or lapis lazuli.

In addition to the skeleton, radiolarians have a structure called the "endoplasm", which has both nutritional and reproductive functions. This structure also contains lapis lazuli crystals.

Looking at the lapis lazuli on the table, my thoughts will always go far away, floating in the ancient ocean with the radiolarians with the celestite bones as clear as the sky. Then the radiolarians came to the end of their lives and deposited on the seabed, becoming sedimentary rocks that bear witness to the geological age. Its bones were mined by human beings, or used as gemstone accessories or displayed on desks; or as industrial raw materials, they were tempered and made into cathode ray tubes, which became the initial hotbed of human computer technology.

The flowers bloom every year, and the flowers are different every year. These carefree radiolarians, after all, abide by the law of immortality of quality and energy, exist permanently on the earth in another form, and even step down from the altar that is revered as their ancestors, and enter the human world with a gesture that cannot be more close to the people. Civilization and everyday life.

But these screens, after all, can't be called radiolarians.

It will no longer be able to float in the pure and carefree ocean of ancient times without civilization and without seeking.