Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 1130202148HR A Manganese inosilicate (or chain

A Manganese inosilicate (or chain silicate)

The name is derived from the Charo River in eastern Siberia

but has been used historically to describe the transparent variety

Pyhsically

and pattern

Matte Larvikite 8mm Round Faceted Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 1130202148HR A Manganese inosilicate (or chainThe 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