Matte Larvikite 10mm Round Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Tourmaline Flash Sale It is highly prized for

It is highly prized for its beautiful combinations of colors and for its opalescence — the pearly luster of the opaque stone

As a Serpenti

These inclusions range broadly in type and color and produce patterns that can look like gardens

Each strand reflects the unique mineral composition of the region

The description

Matte Larvikite 10mm Round Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE Tourmaline Flash Sale It is highly prized forThe 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