Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inchThe 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

Authentic DZI beads were used in ancient times in India

Charoite is a stone that naturally occurs in intense purple hues

power and perseverance and is also considered a calming and protective stone

siderophyllite

where copper contributes to blue tones and iron introduces green variations

first known as saualpite

meaning it forms by replacing another mineral’s crystal structure atom by atom with its own crystal structure

Wood Opalite occurs in a range of colors

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Red Garnet is the most commonly known type of Garnet

Garnet is used today not only as an ornamental gem

rendering its black especially deep and mysterious