Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch 10x14mm and architecture

and architecture

believed to have a special significance to those in romantic relationships

Jasper was also considered a “rain bringer” by Native American cultures

with every gradient of gray in between

000 years ago

Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch 10x14mm and architectureThe 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