4. St. Isaac’s Cathedral

5. Malachitul, cu frumoasa sa culoare de un verde bogat nu las ă nici o îndoial ă legata de importanța sa ca si bijuterie. Opacitatea și puterea sa cer respect, fermecand privitorul. Miscarea din liniile sale, cercurile, desenele modelele pietrei calmeaza, malachitul fiind o piatra primitoare din punct de vedere spiritual. Malachitul prezinta prin verdele sau vindecare profund ă a naturii și reprezint ă frumusețea înn ă scut ă a florilor, copacilor, r ă d ă cinilor și plantelor.

7. Malachite Room The finest and largest pieces in Malachite and Lapis Lazuli are in the Hermitage Palace and Cathedral of St. Isaac

12. St. Isaac’s Cathedral

15. Music : Radentzky March Strauss

17. Lapis lazuli (sometimes abbreviated to lapis) is a deep blue semi- precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense color. Lapis lazuli was being mined in the northeast Afghanistan as early as the 7th millennium BC It was used for the eyebrows on the funeral mask of King Tutankhamun (1341–1323 BC ) The finest and largest pieces in Malachite and Lapis Lazuli are in the Hermitage Palace and Cathedral of St.Isaac

20. Snuffbox with double lid. Lapis lazuli, gold

21. At the front of the iconostasis are 6 malachite columns (green), and 2 lapis lazuli/lazurite columns (blue).

24. Spanish Room of the Imperial Hermitage