Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch R0047 A Manganese inosilicate (or chain

A Manganese inosilicate (or chain silicate)

Our Jade is one of two mineral varieties -- nephrite

Metaphysically

Agate has been discovered with artifacts from cultures of the Neolithic Period

Yellow Opal is transparent to opaque

Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch R0047 A Manganese inosilicate (or chainThe name originates from the town of Larvik, Norway where this type of igneous rock is found. Legend has it that it came to the world? s attention in the 1890s when a local geologist saw it glimmering in the moonlight and recommended that it be submitted as a representative stone from Norway to the World? s Fair in Germany. It won 1st price and has been used ever since in sculpture, jewelry, and architecture. It is not a granite, rather a feldspar