Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6-Dec currently believed to be due

currently believed to be due to the presence of a copper-based mineral such as Malachite or Azurite

while maintaining the wood's original structure

black or brown veins running through it in web-like patterns

Blue Crazy Lace Agate is actually Mexican Crazy Lace Agate that has been color enhanced with blue to bring out the beautiful patterns in the stone

Rhodonite belongs to the Pyroxenoid group of minerals

Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 6-Dec currently believed to be dueThe 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