Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 1130202148HR Pyhsically

Pyhsically

but has been used historically to describe the transparent variety

red and gray in swirling circular patterns

Blue Apatite

A Manganese inosilicate (or chain silicate)

Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 1130202148HR PyhsicallyThe 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