Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch featured_04162026 a Greek philosopher and botanist

a Greek philosopher and botanist who also named the stone

with little alteration of the external shape of the original crystal

It occurs in bright turquoise blues and darker blues as well as rust reds

It has been prized both as an ornamental jewel and for its strong curative powers and protective energies

red and magenta hues

Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch featured_04162026 a Greek philosopher and botanistThe 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