Larvikite Natural 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Small and most commonly found with

and most commonly found with black inclusions

It is opaque

orthorhombic crystals or in massive form

Rocky Butte Jasper is mined in Oregon and may have either dendritic or landscape qualities

milky white to pale yellow in color

Larvikite Natural 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Small and most commonly found withThe 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