Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 48hr_06032025 iron or manganese imp

iron or manganese imp

white and occasionally gray or brown

The stone was discovered in 2009 by a man in Mexico as a man chasing his goat up a mountain caught sight of an unusual rock

It is considered a precious Opal

and therefore contains unsealed granite

Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 48hr_06032025 iron or manganese impThe 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