Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch HPS03252022 It ranges from almost completely

It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish to gray crystal

but it is opaque as well

Its soft chatoyancy is reminscent of the moon's light

Shattuckite is a rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral

Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch HPS03252022 It ranges from almost completelyThe 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