the name comes from the persian word lazhward which means blue. the Romans and Greeks used as both a dye and medical usuages.

has a gentile and peaceful vibration to it. people who work with crow totems would benefit from it.
it enhances creative ability and helps to decsion making.
stone of heaven", helps in the third-eye and increase psychic abilities. helps people who are capricorns.

it enhances creative ability and helps to eliminate indecision and worries which are quietly agitating in the "back of one's mind"

in meditation, it provides for relaxation and can help you enter a "no-mind" state.