The only way to get anything but coal is to find a mine or just start digging as far down as you can. The rarer ores are down near the bedrock towards the very bottom that you can go. Lapis Lazuli can be found anywhere from levels 0 to 32 (the Y value when you press F3), but the highest concentration is around level 19.
You can make the following: Lapis Lazuli blocks, and Blue wool To make Lapis Lazuli blocks L L L L L=Lapis Lazuli To make blue wool W L L=Lapis Lazuli W=Wool
It is found in caves and can be requires when mining with a Pickaxe.
No, the only gems in Minecraft as of Beta 1.7.2 are Diamonds and Lapis Lazuli.
Mine some Lapis Lazuli and pick some roses. Put the roses in a crafting slot to make 'Rose Red', then craft Rose Red and Lapis Lazuli together to make 2 units of Purple Dye.
Lapis lazuli (the blue dye) cannot be crafted, but is mined from lapis lazuli ore, which can be found most commonly between 13 and 16 metres above bedrock level. Mining a lapis lazuli ore block with a stone or stronger pickaxe yields 4-8 lapis lazuli shards.
You can make blocks out of it, for building with, it can also be used as a dye.
You can craft things with Lapis like: A Lapis Lazuli block, light blue dye, cyan dye, purple dye, magenta dye and blue wool. You can check out Minecraft Wiki for some help and tips.
You can dye wool with it, or you can create decorative blocks of it using 9 pieces.
First, you get Lapis Lazuli block by mining with a iron (or higher) pick axe at around 32 blocks below sea level (about the same as gold). Then, you simply put it in your crafting bin!
The scientific name for lapis lazuli is "sodium calcium aluminum silicate."
Find and mine some 'Lapis Lazuli'. This is blue dye, and mix it with red dye, which can be obtained by putting a red flower into the crafting table, then put both the lapis and the red dye into the crafting table to make purple.
There was a present on the beach of the mayors city. there a Lapis Lazuli inside. If you already sold it you have to get a sparkling blue wonderful and refine it and if your lucky it will be a Lapis Lazuli.