Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 48hr_06032025 yellow and white

yellow and white

white and occasionally gray or brown

iron or manganese imp

It is considered a precious Opal

Matte Larvikite 8mm Rondelle Large Hole - 8-inch - CLEARANCE 48hr_06032025 yellow and whiteThe 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