Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE nye_limited_worst a microscopic protozoa with a

a microscopic protozoa with a silica shell

and opalescence or lustrous sheen in opaque samples

Known in antiquity as the Speaker’s Stone

as it is softer than both Jasper and Rhyolite

and was named Morganite in honor of John Pierpoint Morgan

Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE nye_limited_worst a microscopic protozoa with aThe 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