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by pfd1986 750 days ago
Great name! (Portuguese word for 'pencil')
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Huh, here I was just assuming it was a reference to "lapis lazuli" but seeing as lua is Portuguese for moon, "pencil" makes most sense here.

Thanks!

It's Latin for "stone". Also used in Italian as a regional/alternative word for "pencil".
As in "lua rock"?
Moon rock, I suppose