The Phoenix Lapis Gemstone Ring is a ring in 925 sterling silver with a phoenix, wings spread wide, resting on a bed of lapis lazuli. The phoenix is the mythical bird that burns and returns from its ashes, and lapis is the deep blue stone mined in Afghanistan and used since antiquity.The wingspan is what separates this version: the bird is caught at full stretch rather than folded, and the blue beneath it reads as open sky instead of fire. The phoenix stands for renewal and for beginning again, worn as a symbol rather than as a religious piece.