Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 3pc This Lapis has been treated

This Lapis has been treated to enhance the blue color

New Burma Jade is from a newly discovered deposit and closely resembles the top grade Jade from Burma

Its inclusions of golden tones to rust to red are due to traces of hematite embedded in the stone

” meaning “a stream of lava

Shattuckite is a rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral

Larvikite 6mm Faceted Round Large Hole Beads - 8 Inch 3pc This Lapis has been treatedThe 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