Matte Larvikite 10mm Round Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE J & M Gems N Things Black Eye Agate is a

Black Eye Agate is a variety of Sardonyx which has a Sard base

this semi-precious variety of quartz is found in many locations around the world

Boulder Opal is a golden-brown to dark brown stone

Other names include: quickstick

Matte Larvikite 10mm Round Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE J & M Gems N Things Black Eye Agate is 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