Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 48hr_06032025 white and occasionally gray or

white and occasionally gray or brown

The stone was discovered in 2009 by a man in Mexico as a man chasing his goat up a mountain caught sight of an unusual rock

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These inclusions create black and brown spots that resemble the random patterns found on its namesake

The name derives from the Greek word for “not intoxicated” and was once believed to prevent drunkenness and overindulgence

Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 48hr_06032025 white and occasionally gray orThe 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