I'm enchanted by those works of art ! From Saint Petersburg - Russia.

3. St. Isaac’s Cathedral

4. Malachite has been a mainstay in décor and
decoration since the 17th century when artists
melted down the mineral and used it for pigment
in green paints.
Heavily ornate and usually popular paired with
gilded regency looks of the French renaissance.
Arguably the finest green mineral on the earth,
malachite's rich, vivid, vibrant green color makes it
unique in the mineral kingdom

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

11. St. Isaac’s Cathedral

14. Music : Radentzky March
Strauss

16. 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

19. Snuffbox with double lid. Lapis lazuli, gold

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

23. Spanish Room of the Imperial Hermitage