Lapis Lazuli

Lapis bracelet

Lapis Lazuli, Lazurite, or widely known as Lapis, is one of the power stones said to cause spiritual effects. It represents Venus, the goddess of beauty, and are said to call fortune and beauty to whoever possess. The name origins from the Persian word  lazhuwar  or  lazhward, which literally means blue, and the latin word lapis for stone, and have been in use by royals since 6500 BC. It was originally called Sapphirus, but Sapphires are known as a different stone today, where mentioned in the Bible, actually pretains to Lapis, the mysterious blue stone. The Calcites creating white streaks, and the Pyrites glittering like gold, Lapis presents the image of starry mid-night sky.

Einstein’s Riddle

The story behind Einstein’s riddle is that Albert Einstein created it in the late 1800s, and claimed that 98% of the world population couldn’t solve it. Unsure of it’s true origin.

- In a street there are five houses, painted five different colors.

- In each house lives a person of different nationality.

- These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

Einstein’s riddle is: Who owns the fish?

Necessary clues:

1. The British man lives in a red house.
2. The Swedish man keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Danish man drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The Blends smoker lives next to the one who drinks water.