Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch HPS03252022 Gem Silica is the rarest

Gem Silica is the rarest and highest form of Chrysocolla

but it is opaque as well

These strands were cut into beads with some of the material the Chalcedony was mined out of remaining

Its soft chatoyancy is reminscent of the moon's light

Larvikite 8mm Faceted Round Large Hole - 8-inch HPS03252022 Gem Silica is the rarestThe 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