What Is Lapidary Art? Lapidary Art Items on Display in a Lapidary Museum In simple terms, lapidary is an art that requires working with stones. It is the cutting and polishing of stones to create beautiful ornaments. The roots of lapidary art can be traced back to prehistoric times, since as early as human beings started fashioning tools and weapons out of stones. Soon, people started using the same techniques to create items for personal adornments. In fact, the earliest known lapidary work likely occurred during the Stone Age. Yet, the earliest examples that were documented in history and may be considered a form of art included the drilling of stone and rocks, as the earliest roots of this dates to at least a million years ago. As far as civilizations go, the Egyptians were probably some of the earliest people to develop the method of cutting and carving s
Rocks, Gems, Minerals and Lapidary !