Larvikite Natural 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Stone Type_Canadian Jade Cubic Zirconia

Cubic Zirconia

with inclusions of iron oxide

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Larvikite Natural 6mm Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch Stone Type_Canadian Jade Cubic ZirconiaThe 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