Larvikite Large Hole 8mm Round - 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

” which translates to “stone of many colors

non-crystalline mineraloid consisting of a high percentage of carbon

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

This semi-translucent stone occurs in an array of hues

Wood Opalite is a type of petrified wood that has been impregnated with the Silicon Dioxide commonly known as Opal

Our Lapis is 7-8mm in diameter

These strands were cut into beads with some of the material the Chalcedony was mined out of remaining

with occasional inclusions of creamy white and dark grey

Silica-rich waters create hardened deposits that preserve coral skeletons

Opalite is the trade name for man to made glass treated to exhibit the internal flashes of true Opals in translucent samples

where it was mined since around 300 BCE

Boulder Opal is a golden-brown to dark brown stone